21st ASEAN-India Senior Officials Meeting (AISOM) Held in New Delhi

21st ASEAN-India Senior Officials Meeting (AISOM) Held in New Delhi

• The 21 edition of the ASEAN-India Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) was held from 11-12 April 2019 at New Delhi.
• Thailand, which has assumed the role as the Chairmanship of ASEAN for 2019, is the Country Coordinator of the ASEAN-India dialogue parternship for the period 2018-2021.
• The AISOM agreed to deepen Maritime Cooperation, cooperation on financial matters,  Cooperation in Renewable Energy and hold an ASEAN-India Conference on Renewable Energy in 2019.
• The ASEAN-India partnership is being implemented through the ‘Plan of Action (2016-20) to implement the ASEAN-India Partnership for Peace, Progress and Shared Prosperity’.