♤ In 2015 PM announced a Line of Credit of US$ 1 billion to promote projects that support physical and digital connectivity between India and ASEAN and

♤ India has also organized a Connectivity Summit in December 2017.

2.6. Security Factor in the region

Faced with growing traditional and non-traditional challenges, politico-security cooperation is a key and an emerging pillar of this relationship:

♤ Maritime security-Safeguarding Sea lanes of communication and combating piracy

♤ Radicalisation and terrorism

♤ Drug trafficking and Human trafficking

♤ South China Sea disputes

♤ In this context India has following attributes that can enhance cooperation: