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India-ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

India and the 10-nation ASEAN bloc have run a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership - the highest tier of ASEAN's external ties - since 2022, and at their 22nd Summit in October 2025 the two sides set a fresh Plan of Action for 2026-2030, welcomed Timor-Leste as ASEAN's new 11th member, and named 2026 a Year of Maritime Cooperation. Yet the economic core of the relationship, the 2010 AITIGA free-trade pact, is under a long-running review as New Delhi presses to make it fairer and simpler - a tension that sits alongside deepening Indo-Pacific convergence.

Last updated 14 July 20266 min read

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22nd ASEAN-India Summit (Oct 2025): 2026-30 CSP Plan of Action adopted, Timor-Leste welcomed as 11th ASEAN member, 2026 named Year of Maritime Cooperation; AITIGA review pressed at 13th Joint Committee (Jul 2026).

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