Two day dialogue on India-ASEAN ties from tomorrow

India's growing ties with powerful grouping ASEAN and ways to further bolster the relationship will be deliberated upon at a two-day annual dialogue beginning tomorrow.
The 9th edition of Delhi Dialogue with the theme "ASEAN- India Relations: Charting the Course for the Next 25 Years" will be attended by political leaders, policy makers, senior officials, diplomats, business leaders and think tanks from India and several ASEAN member countries.
ASEAN is considered one of the world's fastest growing regions and there has been an upswing in ties between the bloc and India in the last few years.
The Ministerial Session to be held tomorrow would be hosted by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

The session is scheduled to be attend by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Pham Binh Minh, senior leader from Myanmar U Kyaw Tint Swe among others.
Senior Minister of State for Defence and Foreign Affairs, of Singapore Maliki Osman, Thailand's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Virasakdi Futrakul are also attending the event.
This dialogue is being organised by the Ministry of External Affairs in collaboration with a number of think tanks and industry chambers.