India's high -profile hosted by the ASEAN Foreign Minister Analysis: In this way

[Global Times Special Reporter Cheng Ji Global Times Special Reporter Hu Bo Bo] As an Indian with "Asia One Polar, World One" and "Dream of the Great Power", it is throwing its strategic attention to Southeast Asia. According to the Hindu report on the 16th, the ASEAN -India Special Foreign Minister will be held in New Delhi, India's capital on the day. The meeting was officially propagated by Indian officials, and some analysts said that India will increase its influence in the region by increasing economic contact with ASEAN countries.

Fully recognize ASEAN's central position in India

According to Indian media reports, ASEAN -India Special Foreign Minister will be co -hosted by India and Singapore for two days. On the 16th, Indian Foreign Minister Su Jiesheng said that India and ASEAN countries jointly faced the grain and energy safety issues caused by the Russian -Ukraine conflict. "risk. He emphasized that India supports a "powerful, unified, and prosperous ASEAN, and fully recognizes the central position of ASEAN in the Indo -Pacific region." Singapore Foreign Minister Venwen said that Russia "subverts the international rules" by Russia's military operations, saying that "the current strategic competition in the United States and China will directly affect the entire Asia" and call on "maintaining peace and stability as growth, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, development, and development, and development, The foundation of prosperity. "

According to the Indian media The Print, the meeting aims to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of a dialogue relationship with ASEAN. Su Jiesheng said on the 16th that "with India's relationship with ASEAN's fourth decade, bilateral relations must also be compatible with the development situation in the world today." In his opinion, India and ASEAN need to better interconnect and meet the challenges such as globalization.

Before the meeting, a number of media paid attention to that the foreign minister appointed by the Burmese military was invited by India to attend the meeting. Experts from American Consumer News and Business Channels CIT commented that India's adopting this approach is the requirements of other ASEAN countries. As the Myanmar military announced a large -scale reorganization of the government in early 2021, the ASEAN countries rejected the Myanmar military representatives to participate in the organization meeting, and only accepted representatives that did not involve Myanmar political situation.

One "Special Summit"

In recent years, affected by various factors such as the epidemic, the talks between India and the ASEAN countries have adopted an online method. Although several meetings were held, they did not receive widespread attention from the outside world. In particular, India refused to join the "Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement" (RCEP) and other decisions to make it farther with ASEAN. In 2022, it was named the year of ASEAN -India friendship. Since the ASEAN -India Special Foreign Minister Association has been the new crown epidemic, India and ASEAN countries have held high -level offline meetings for the first time, so they have received widespread attention.

The Associated Press reported on the 15th that the background of cooperation between India and ASEAN countries is the fierce competition between China and the United States in the region. "Voice of the United States" believes that as a regular meeting of ASEAN -India, India chose to hold high specifications and publicize it as a "special summit", which shows that India attaches great importance to relations with ASEAN. The "Voice of the United States" reported on the 15th that the special meeting between India and ASEAN Foreign Ministers was held three weeks after the "Quartet Security Dialogue" leader of the Tokyo Summit. The US President Biden proposed the "Indian Economic Framework" at the time, while India, Singapore, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and other ASEAN countries were also "founding member states".

"Each country is trying to attract ASEAN because it is in the central position of the Indo -Pacific region. If you want to participate in the region's policy formulation, the ASEAN country is important," said Marini Jehish, a researcher at the Indian Observer Foundation, "said." At this point, India is no exception. "He also believes that ASEAN countries are very pragmatic." As China's influence increases, they hope to achieve strategic balance in the Indo -Pacific region. " A source told the Global Times reporter that India's strengthening of relations with ASEAN is a diplomatic move under its "east -direction policy" framework. It is hoped that through strengthening interaction with ASEAN, coordinating each other's position on key issues such as interconnection and supply chain, such as interconnection and supply chain At the same time, India's own "extensive influence in the Indo -Pacific region".

Are you "disadvantaged"?

"India needs to improve the ability of geographical" bargaining "by strengthening economic contact and trade connection with ASEAN, but it is currently still in the" disadvantage "." American media analyzed on the 15th that a large part of the reason for this situation is India had previously refused to join RCEP.

Biswagit Dal, a professor at the University of Khru University's Economic Research and Planning Center in Indonesia, said in an interview with the media: "The Indian manufacturing industry lacks competitiveness, so it has never improved its export status to ASEAN," "ASEAN market is the market." Open (especially after they have joined RCEP), but India must first have the ability to join the ASEAN market. "The New Delhi Observer Research Foundation analyzes that at present, both China and the United States are focusing on promoting the strengthening of the economy and security with the ASEAN countries to strengthen the economy and security. Cooperation in areas. In order to avoid being marginalized in the Asia -Pacific region, India must seek opportunities to strengthen cooperation with ASEAN countries.

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