<span style="color: #222222;">Minister of State for External Affairs Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh concluded his three day official visit to ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia today. This was his first visit to ASEAN Secretariat as well as to Indonesia. During the visit, the MoS also had engagements to strengthen bilateral relations with Indonesia.<br />''<br />''Yesterday, Mr Singh and Secretary General of ASEAN, Lim Jock Hoi jointly inaugurated the ASEAN-India Network of University. 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 that would build a core network of knowledge capital in the region. AINU is being spearheaded by India's Nalanda University and ASEAN University Network.<br />''<br />''The MoS held discussion with Secretary General of ASEAN on strengthening ASEAN-India relations including enhancing educational exchanges, strengthening trade, tourism and people-to-people connectivity and taking forward ASEAN-India Partnership. During his interactions with the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN, he exchanged views on areas of focus in the near future to elevate the ASEAN-India Strategic Partnership. The MoS also held informal interactions with various ASEAN institutions including ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly Secretariat, and Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia. During his visit, Mr Singh also called on Foreign Minister of Indonesia Retno Marsudi. They exchanged views on existing bilateral cooperation and comprehensive strategic partnership as well as regional issues of common interest. </span><br />