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ASEAN leaders meet via video summit to tackle thorny issues like emergency coronavirus fund, tensions in South China Sea
•Vietnam, the current ASEAN chair, had planned face-to-face meetings, but most member states assessed it was still too risky for leaders to travel. Still, it organized a colorful opening ceremony with traditional songs and dance in Hanoi for about 200 Vietnamese officials and foreign diplomats.
Narendra Modi says Centre is ‘ensuring’ development without harming environment, at climate conservation conference
•Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted that his government firmly believes in the path of sustainable development and is ensuring that growth happens without harming the environment.
Moon Jae-in, Shinzo Abe back dialogue to resolve South Korea-Japan dispute as two leaders meet on sidelines of ASEAN in Bangkok
•Meeting comes as bilateral ties have plunged to their lowest in decades after S Korea's top court last year ordered Japanese firms to compensate some wartime forced labourers
Sarbananda Sonowal urges North Eastern Council to play important role in implementation of ‘Act East Policy’
•Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday urged the North Eastern Council (NEC) to play an important role in the implementation of the ‘Act East Policy’ with focus on issues relating to trade, investment, tourism and connectivity.
Two years on, over a million Rohingya refugees still without rights, status or justice
•The conditions for the Rohingya inside the world’s largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar are far from acceptable. Refugees live in emergency conditions, but still they choose to remain rather to return under a repatriation deal without guarantees of justice.
Sushma Swaraj arrives in Vietnam's Hanoi on first leg of two-nation tour; to meet PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc, discuss maritime security
•External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday night arrived at Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, on the first leg of her four-day two-nation tour, which aims at deepening India's strategic cooperation with Vietnam and Cambodia
India to form group of ministers to resolve issues regarding proposed RCEP agreement among ASEAN countries, FTA partners
•The government will set up a group of ministers (GoM) to look into issues related to the proposed mega free trade agreement RCEP, official sources said.
India for rule-based approach in Indo-Pacific; fulcrum of economic activity moving from Atlantic: Ambassador Navtej Singh Sarna
•Indo-Pacific is of huge importance to India and as fulcrum of economic activity is moving from the Atlantic to this region, Navtej Singh Sarna said
ASEAN says Beijing's continued reclamation of South China Sea could raise regional tensions
•China's continued reclamation in the South China Sea has eroded trust among rival claimants and could raise regional tensions, ASEAN ministers said
Narendra Modi thanks ASEAN leaders for attending Republic Day parade, calls bond with member countries 'historical'
Fp Staff •Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that ASEAN ( Association of Southeast Asian Nations) is the center of India's Act East Policy,