Piyush Goyal
♦ Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal went to Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos) on 20 September 2024 to participate in the 21st ASEAN-India Economic Ministers (AEM-India) meeting and the 12th East Asia Summit Economic Ministers Meeting (EAS EMM).
♦ These annual meetings of ASEAN with their dialogue partners are being hosted this year by Lao PDR, the ASEAN Chair for 2024.
♦ EAS EMM witnesses participation by Economic Ministers of 10 ASEAN countries and 8 other EAS partners viz. India, USA, Russia, China, Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
♦ India joined ASEAN in 1992 and became its Comprehensive Strategic Partner in 2022.
Posted Date: September 20, 2024
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