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2.2. India and South East Asia

 

2.2.1. Background♤ India and ASEAN have just completed 25 years of dialogue partnership, 15 years of summit-level interaction and five years of strategic partnership.2.2.2. From Look East to Act East: Evolving Policy Framework2.2.3. The Look East Policy♤ Factors responsible for India’s Look East Policy:$ 12 billion in 2002.(a) Trilateral Highway- India-Myanmar-Thailand♤ Further, apart from ASEAN, ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and East Asia Summit (EAS), India has also been actively engaged in regional fora such as Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), Mekong Ganga Cooperation (MGC) and Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA).

  

 

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