MoS Dr Ranjan to visit Indonesia
Source: Chronicle News Service

Imphal, August 27 2022: Minister of State for External Affairs Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh will be visiting Jakarta, Indonesia on August 28 and 29 for an official visit to ASEAN Secretariat.

This will be his first visit to ASEAN Secretariat and Indonesia, informed a release from the MoS office.

During the visit, the MoS will inaugurate ASEAN-India Network of University (AINU) along with ASEAN secretary general Lim Jock Hoi, while commemorating the 30th anniversary of ASEAN-India Dialogue Relations.

AINU was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit in 2018, as a consortium of premier institutes from India and ASEAN that would build a core network of knowledge capital through partnerships among academic and research institutions in India and ASEAN member states.

AINU is being implement ed by Nalanda University and ASEAN University Network from India and ASEAN, respectively.

In addition to engagements with ASEAN Secretariat, MoS Dr Ranjan will also hold talks to strengthen bilateral relations and interaction with the Indian diaspora, said the release, adding that he will have discussions with ASEAN leaders on strengthening ASEAN - India relations including enhancing educational and people-to people connectivity, forging institutional linkages and taking forward ASEAN-India Partnership as both enter into fourth decade of this partnership.

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