The 21st ASEAN-India Summit was held in Vientiane, Lao PDR, on 10 October 2024.
- Marking a decade of India’s Act East Policy, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi joined ASEAN leaders to review the progress of ASEAN-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and chart the future direction of cooperation.
- This was Prime Minister’s 11th participation in the Summit. In his address, PM reiterated India’s support for ASEAN Unity, ASEAN Centrality and ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific.
- Speaking at the 21st ASEAN-India Summit, Modi also announced a 10-point plan to mark a decade of India’s Act East Policy that included ASEAN-India Cyber Policy Dialogue, 2025 as ASEAN-India Year of Tourism, doubling the number of scholarships at Nalanda University among others.
44th and 45th ASEAN
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the 44th and 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held from October 6, 2024 to October 11, 2024 in Vientiane, the capital of Lao PDR.
- The summits under Laos’ ASEAN chairmanship this year was themed ‘ASEAN: Enhancing Connectivity and Resilience,’ with a focus on building a more integrated, connected, and resilient ASEAN community to respond to various pressing challenges and seize opportunities to bring about benefits to ASEAN people.
- The ASEAN grouping is one of the more successful examples of multinational organisations globally, with the 10 neighbouring countries leveraging their cultural and historical links for successful economic and political ties.
- The First ASEAN Summit was held in Bali, Indonesia on 23-24 February 1976.
