ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit in New Delhi on December 20-21, 2012
To mark the 20th anniversary of the ASEAN-India
dialogue partnership and the 10th anniversary of ASEAN-India Summit-level
partnership, India is hosting the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit in New Delhi
on December 20-21, 2012. The theme of the summit is ‘ASEAN-India Partnership
for Peace and Shared Prosperity’.
The Summit is expected to result in the
adoption of the ‘ASEAN-India Vision Statement 2020’, which would chart the
future direction of ASEAN-India relations. This would also include
recommendations by the ASEAN-India Eminent Persons Group (AIEPG).
Enhancing relations with ASEAN has been
central to India’s "Look East Policy" and there has been steady
progress in the ASEAN-India relations since the policy was initiated in 1991.
India became a sectoral dialogue partner of ASEAN in
1992, which was upgraded to full dialogue partnership in 1996. Since 2002, we
have had annual Summits with ASEAN.
ASEAN-India Commemorative year events
ASEAN and India share the desire that the
ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit be the culmination of a year-long celebration
of the partnership. India is planning a number of G-2-G activities and P-2-P initiatives in consultation with ASEAN capitals in the run up
to the summit during the Commemorative year.
The Logo for the Commemorative Summit was
launched by External Affairs Minister at a special event organized on the sidelines of the 10th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting in
Phnom Penh.
Two flagship events being organized as part
of the commemorative year events are the ASEAN Shipping Expedition of INS Sudarshini and the 2nd ASEAN-India Car Rally.
The INS Sudarshini
Shipping Expedition proposed to take
place from 15 September 2012 to 26 March 2013 would trace the ancient trade
route along the monsoon wind and is conceptualized to highlight India's
maritime linkages with South East Asia and emphasize connectivity and
networking between people of the region. The Shipping Expedition of INS Sudarshini would be flagged-off from Kochi, and would call
on ports in nine ASEAN countries. Various "Marker”
events - B2B events by FICCI and ICC, Kolkata and cultural events by ICCR - are
being organized at various ports of call.
The 2nd edition of the ASEAN-India Car Rally
2012 expected to take place from November 26 to
December 16, 2012 would be flagged-off from Yogjakarta,
Indonesia. After passing through several capitals and cultural and commercial
centres, having covered a distance of 7448 kms over
19 days, the Rally would be flagged-down at Guwahati on December 17, 2012. The
rally would be received by the Leaders of ASEAN and India in New Delhi on
December 20, 2012, at the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit. "Marker”
events, including business seminars, tourism road-shows, cultural performances,
etc. are also being organized along the route of the Car Rally by Department of
Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Tourism and ICCR.