ASEAN-India Summit
Context:
The 20th East Asia Summit (EAS) will take place from October 26 to 28 at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing the meeting virtually.
The ASEAN-India Summit has met annually on the sidelines of the ASEAN summits since 2002
Historical Background of ASEAN-India Relations
India's engagement with ASEAN began in 1992.
India became a dialogue partner of ASEAN in 1995 and joined the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in 1996
The first ASEAN-India Summit was held in 2002 at Phnom Penh in Cambodia.
The year 2012 marked two decades of India's Look East Policy, which was first mooted by PM P.V. Narasimha Rao in the early 1990s
At the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit in 2012, the relationship was upgraded to a "strategic partnership"
Act East Policy:
The real impetus came after 2014 when "Look East was transformed into Act East"
With this the geopolitical, trade, and developmental ties gained new vigour
The attendance of leaders of all 10 ASEAN countries at the Republic Day parade in Delhi in January 2018 marked a high point in the relationship
In 2022, ASEAN-India ties were upgraded to a "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership".