New Delhi

Minister of State for External Affairs and Education, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh will be visiting Jakarta, Indonesia on August 28 and 29 2022 for an official visit to ASEAN Secretariat.

This will be his first visit to ASEAN Secretariat and Indonesia, the Ministry of External Affairs said here on Saturday evening. In addition to engagements with ASEAN Secretariat, MOS will also have engagements to strengthen bilateral relations and interaction with Indian diaspora.During his visit, the minister will inaugurate the ASEAN-India Network of University (AINU) along with the Secretary General of ASEAN, Mr. Lim Jock Hoi, while commemorating the 30th Anniversary of ASEAN-India Dialogue Relations.

AINU was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit in 2018, as a consortium of premier institutes from India and ASEAN to build a core network of knowledge capital through partnerships among academic and research institutions in India and ASEAN member states. AINU is being implemented by Nalanda University and ASEAN University Network from India and ASEAN, respectively.

MOS will also hold discussion with ASEAN on strengthening ASEAN-India relations including enhancing educational and people-to-people connectivity, forging institutional linkages and taking forward ASEAN-India Partnership as we enter into fourth decade of this partnership.