External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that India is being seen as a solution provider globally, the country that has the potential to bridge the divide.
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Modi attended the 20th ASEAN-India Summit here in the Indonesian capital. Secretary-General of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Dr Kao Kim Hourn also attended the summit
At the summit, Prime Minister Modi held extensive discussions with ASEAN partners on further strengthening of ASEAN-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and charting its future course, it said.
Prime Minister Modi s proposal came days after a number of ASEAN member countries such as Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines reacted sharply to China s territorial claim over the South China Sea in its latest edition of the "Standard Map of China". India had also rejected China s new map which showed Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin as Chinese territories.