Indo-Pacific: PM calls at no cost & open Indo-Pacific

 

NEW DELHI: Participating within the 16th East Asia Summit, which noticed discussions on Indo-Pacific, South China Sea, UNCLOS and terrorism, PM Narendra Modi underlined the importance of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific. While reiterating the precept of Asean centrality within the area in his digital tackle, Modi mentioned India remained dedicated to strengthening “respect for shared values of multilateralism, rules-based international order, international law and sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations”.

The summit noticed participation by a US President for the primary time since 2017 with President Joe Biden reiterating the US dedication to the worldwide rules-based order and expressing concern over threats to that order. Japanese PM Fumio Kishida expressed reservations over China’s conduct in East and South China Sea and in addition raised points associated to human rights in Xinjiang and Hong Kong. Both leaders have been additionally mentioned to have expressed considerations over the state of affairs in Taiwan Strait due to China’s “coercive action”.

According to sources, Modi emphasised on the significance of a resilient international worth chain and in addition reiterated India’s dedication to ship Quad-sponsored vaccines to Indo-Pacific nations. “PM recalled India’s support of $1 million to Asean Covid Recovery Fund and raised the idea of developing global standards on cyber security,” mentioned a supply.

The 16th East Asia Summit was hosted by Brunei as Chair. It noticed the participation of leaders from Asean international locations and different EAS international locations together with Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, Russia, USA and India. This was PM’s seventh East Asia Summit, recalled the federal government in an announcement.