External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived in Hanoi on Sunday as part of her four-day visit to Vietnam and Cambodia, which aims at deepening India\u2019s strategic cooperation with the two key nations in the ASEAN region.<\/p>\n
India\u2019s ties are on an upswing with the two major countries in the powerful ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) grouping.”Hon\u2019ble External Affairs Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj arrives in Hanoi on a three day visit to Vietnam (26-28 August 2018),” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Ravish Kumar tweeted.<\/p>\n
In Vietnam, Swaraj will co-chair the 16th meeting of the Joint Commission, along with the country\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe External Affairs Minister\u2019s visit to Vietnam and Cambodia will provide an opportunity to hold in-depth discussions with the political leadership on a wide range of global, regional and bilateral issues, and advance our strategic engagement with these countries and the ASEAN region,\u201d the MEA had said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
In her first official visit to Cambodia, Swaraj will hold extensive talks with her counterpart Prak Sokhonn, covering the entire expanse of bilateral and regional issues of mutual interests.<\/p>\n
She will call on Prime Minister Hun Sen and President of the Senate Say Chhum.<\/p>\n
During Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang\u2019s visit to New Delhi in March, both the sides had vowed to join hands for an open and thriving Indo-Pacific, besides ensuring an efficient and rules-based regional security architecture.<\/p>\n
Vietnam and several other ASEAN member countries have territorial disputes with China over the resource-rich South China Sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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