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Jaishankar is in Bangkok to attend a number of conferences, including the Association for South East Asian Nations-India Ministerial Meeting, the 9th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers‘ Meeting, the 26th ASEAN Regional Forum and the 10th Mekong Ganga Cooperation Ministerial Meeting.
November 26, which was earlier celebrated as Law Day, marks the day when India had adopted its Constitution back in 1949, over two years after attaining independence from the British rule.
The MoU was signed by CP Ramnarayan, the Vice-Chancellor of Defence Institute of Advanced Technology and Lt General Nguyen Cong Dinh, the President of Vietnam’s Military Technical Academy.
Andre Aranha Correa da Lago, ambassador of Brazil to India has said, “We already have a strong relationship with India. However during the forthcoming visit of our leader President Bolsonaro, the focus will be on further expansion and deepening our relationship. In fact there is a possibility of a strategic partnership between the two countries as there seems to be little or no disagreement in their worldviews.”
Earlier in the day, the visiting group also met Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Sharma to share experiences relating to electoral management and administration in two countries.
As foreign minister S Jaishankar returns from a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Nagoya, Japan, India is intensifying its engagement with key countries in the Indo-Pacific region.
External Affairs Ministry said that the year-long activities starting from 2020 will demonstrate historic connect between two civilisations as well as growing bilateral relations.
The extradition treaty was first signed in 2016 when President Ashraf Ghani visited India. The operationalisation of will enable India to extradite Pakistan-origin terrorists from banned groups who operate from Afghan soil.
Vietnam and India have witnessed the sound development of friendship and traditional cooperation in the past years, particularly defence ties. The Vietnamese Government, people and army always attach importance to developing the comprehensive and practical relations with India, contributing to maintaining regional peace, stability and prosperity.
After years of negotiations, India had pulled out of the China-backed mega Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) over unresolved “core concerns”, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying in Bangkok that the proposed deal would have adverse impact on the lives and livelihoods of all Indians.
