India Plans ASEAN Meet in December at Delhi

Senior Officials will review of the implementation of ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement including the possibility for a package of Product-Specific Rules of Origin to further facilitate trade between ASEAN and India. This decision was taken at the economic ministers ASEAN-India meeting at Siem Reap in Cambodia at end August 2012.

The Ministers agreed to intensify negotiations towards conclusion of the ASEAN-India Trade in Services and Investment Agreement. India would be hosting a meeting of the Working Group on Services and Investment in the second half of September 2012 so as to conclude negotiation before the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit in December in New Delhi.

The Ministers discussed preparations for the Commemorative Summit and related events such as the ASEAN-India Car Rally and the INS Sudarshini expedition to ASEAN countries. Mr. Sharma invited his counterparts to the flag down ceremony of the Car Rally at Guwahati on December 17, 2012.