Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (October 26) said the India-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Comprehensive Strategic Partnership is becoming a robust foundation for global stability and growth. He also declared 2026 as the 'ASEAN-India Year of Maritime Cooperation'.

Addressing the 22nd India-ASEAN annual summit virtually from New Delhi, the leader said the grouping forms a key pillar of New Delhi’s Act East Policy, which his administration announced as a development over the previous Look East Policy. The summit is taking place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

India always backed ASEAN centrality: Modi

“India has always fully supported ‘ASEAN centrality’ and ASEAN's outlook on the Indo-Pacific,” Modi remarked.

“Even in these times of uncertainty, the India-ASEAN Comprehe

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