INDIA VALUED PARTNER OF ASEAN: LAOS FOREIGN MINISTRY

India continues to be a valued partner for ASEAN as the economic union, ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), strengthens its influence.

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Chatoulong Bouasisavath, Director General of the ASEAN department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (LPDR), affirmed India’s significant role in ASEAN during an interview with ANI in Vientiane, Laos.

“India is a valued partner of ASEAN...India understands ASEAN and has been helping in the ASEAN region..there is also a proposal this year on digitalisation put up by India which when adopted will further cement this India-ASEAN relationship,” he said.

ASEAN is a political and economic union of 10 countries in Southeast Asia.

After the announcement on real time payments linkage system between India and Singapore, India announced that it is working with Malaysia and other ASEAN countries to operationalize it for more countries in the region.