EAM Jaishankar participates in Asean Regional Forum meeting, East Asia Summit
External affairs minister S Jaishankar attended Asean Regional Forum and East Asia Summit meetings in Manila, Philippines on July 23, 2026.
Jaishankar stressed a zero tolerance approach towards terrorism, saying acts of terrorism will have consequences.
He highlighted India's efforts to choke financial resources fueling terrorism and co-chairing an EWG with Malaysia in ADMM+.
Jaishankar noted Indian Navy's Information Fusion Centre in Gurugram and Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness initiative contribute to counter piracy and secure maritime commerce.
On South China Sea, he called for a substantive, effective and legally binding Code of Conduct compliant with UNCLOS 1982.
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