High Commissioner Babar Amin’s Address at Australian War College High Commissioner Babar Amin’s Address at Australian War College 30-Apr-2021 06:13:51 High Commissioner Babar Amin was invited to deliver an address to the 2021 Defence and Strategic Course at the Australian War College on Pakistan’s view on the current regional security issues in the context of Indo Pacific. Briefing the participants, the High Commissioner stated that Pakistan prefers the traditional formulation of Asia Pacific which better reflects the historic and geographical realities of the region. He emphasized that ASEAN centrality was and should remain at the heart of the Asia Pacific. He stated that all the countries in the region needed to work together and should avoid geo-strategic concepts that promoted exclusionary groupings. He added that Pakistan wanted to preserve and strengthen its bilateral relations without being identified with any grouping. It would like to work for peace, progress and prosperity of the broader region.