Ms Durai said India's engagement with Asean will remain a critical element of the Act East policy. Ms Durai reiterated India's commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region and underlined its maritime partnership with Thailand. Despite the US-China trade war and its resulting economic slowdown, Ms Durai said India's trading ties with Thailand remain robust. As far as our bilateral trade is concerned, I am happy to note that we are not really impacted. With India and Thailand's geographical and cultural proximity, Ms Durai said it forms the basis of interaction and helps strengthen people-to-people contact.

Source: Bangkok Post January 25, 2020 23:48 UTC