News News: Act East Policy, an extended version of Look East Policy, is relevant in the present Geopolitical scenario in the Indo-Pacific. It focuses on ASEAN na
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Bangladesh, Japan, and India met in India’s Tripura on April 11-12 to put in place connectivity initiatives to harness the region’s commercial potential. In this meeting, Japan proposed to develop an industrial hub in Bangladesh, with supply chains to landlocked Northeast states in India, Nepal, and
Guwahati, May 28 (PTI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Saturday said that the coming together of Act East and Neighbourhood First policies will have an enormous reinforcing impact for the country beyond the confines of southeast Asia. The realisation of this is evident from the potential of BIMSTEC in the Bay of Bengal region, he said addressing the Natural Allies in Development and Interdependence (NADI) conclave here. Land connectivity through Myanmar and sea connectivity through Bangladesh will open up all the ways to Vietnam and Philippines, he said. “Once this becomes viable on a commercial scale, it will create an East-West lateral with sweeping consequences for the continent,” Jaishankar saidd. It will not only build on the partnership with the ASEAN countries and Japan, but will actually make a difference to the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework that is now in the making, the union minister said. “It is definitely within our ability to overcome geography
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting today with Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the two leaders agreed to further enhance bilateral secu