Highlights 1 India, China, Japan, Australia and the US are dialogue partners of the ASEAN. 2 China's military build-up in the South China Sea was one of the issues discussed. 3 Investment from ASEAN into India has been over USD 70 billion in the last 17 years. China's aggressive military build-up in the SCS was one of the focus areas of the deliberations at the ASEAN summit. The RCEP, comprising a 10-member ASEAN bloc and six other countries - India, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, is engaged in negotiations for a free trade pact.

Source: India Today November 14, 2017 12:16 UTC