SINGAPORE: India's dialogue partnership with ASEAN has evolved into a strategic partnership and the Indian diaspora provides a platform for stronger ties with the grouping, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday.Addressing the Indian diaspora at the ASEAN-India Pravasi Bharatiya Divas here, Swaraj reaffirmed India's commitment to ASEAN. "We are here to reaffirm our commitment and to share the course of our journey ahead to the future of India and ASEAN in the world," Swaraj told some 3,000 delegates. "Our diaspora provides a platform for a stronger relationship between India and ASEAN countries," she said.Noting the 25-year milestone of ASEAN-India partnership, she said, "Our dialogue partnership has evolved into a strategic partnership. ""India's engagement with the ASEAN region lies in the clarity of the principles that we share. The global power balance is shifting, and the relation between nations are changing," said Swaraj.

Source: Times of India January 07, 2018 06:56 UTC