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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as the “main pillar of India’s Act East Policy” while extending a warm welcome to Timor-Leste which was formally inducted as the eleventh member of the grouping at its ongoing summit in Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur.

During his virtual address at the 22nd ASEAN-India Summit, PM Modi said, “India and ASEAN together represent one-fourth of the global population. We not only share geography, we share deep historic relations and shared values. We are part of the global south. ASEAN is the main pillar of India’s Act East Policy.”

Introduced in 1992, the Look East policy focused primarily on economic ties with Southeast Asia. With the changing dynamics of the world, PM Modi, in

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