ASEAN, India stress need to rev up cooperation at Summit

ASEAN, India stress need to rev up cooperation at Summit

The 9th ASEAN-India Summit was concluded here on Saturday where leaders from 10 ASEAN states and India emphasized the importance of furthering ASEAN-India cooperation.

The summit attended by heads of state or government of the ASEAN countries and the Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh mainly discussed ASEAN-India cooperation related to connectivity, people-to-people contact, economic and trade relations, and efforts to narrow the development gap among ASEAN states.

Special attention was focused on a number of issues such as enhancing cooperation in disaster management and response, combating transnational crimes, and food and energy security.

The summit also deliberated over further actions to implement the Plan of Action 2010-2015 and considered the progress report of the ASEAN-India Eminent Persons Group on the .practical steps to deepen and strengthen ASEAN-India relations.

Surin Pitsuwan, the Secretary General of ASEAN, was also in attendance.

ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam.

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BALI, Indonesia, Nov. 19 (Xinhua)