ASEAN Secretary General Kao Kim Hourn arrives in India for a five-day visit | India News – Business Standard

ASEAN Secretary General Kao Kim Hourn arrived in Delhi on Sunday evening, kicking off his five-day visit to India.

This is Kao Kim Hourn’s first official visit to India since taking office in January 2023, from February 11 to 15.

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During the visit, Kao Kim Hourn will hold meetings with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and other dignitaries in Delhi. He will deliver the Sapru House Lecture organized by the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) on the theme “The ASEAN-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in the Evolving Regional Architecture,” said a press release from the MEA.

He will also visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site Mahabodhi Temple Complex in Gaya. He will deliver a speech on “The Future of ASEAN: ASEAN’s Relevance and Resilience in the Evolving Strategic Environment” at Nalanda University in Rajgir.

Students from ASEAN member states pursue higher education at university under ASEAN-India cooperation projects. According to MEA, Nalanda University also heads the ASEAN-India Network of Universities (AINU).

In the press release, MEA said: “Engagement with ASEAN is a key pillar of India’s Act East policy, which entered its tenth year in 2024, as well as its vision for the broader Indo-Pacific. In 2022, ASEAN relations with India will be elevated to a comprehensive strategic partnership.

“India strongly supports the centrality of ASEAN and the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP). India also supports the priorities set by Laos PDR in its ASEAN Chairmanship for the year 2024 under the theme ‘ASEAN: Enhancing Connectivity and Resilience’,” the report said. added.

First print: February 11, 2024 | 10:33 PM IST