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- The Ministry of External Affairs has set up an Indo-Pacific division by merging its three earlier divisions.
Division |
Focus |
| Quad Division | India’s joint maritime strategy with Australia, Japan and the US |
| ASEAN | Issues concerning the 10 Member countries of South-East Asian grouping |
| IORA (Indian Ocean Rim Association) | 2 dozen odd Indian Ocean Littoral countries with the marked exception of Pakistan and China. |
- This is in sync with the Indo-Pacific policy articulated by PM Narendra Modi at the Shangri-La Dialogue in 2018.
- India considers the maritime arc from the Straits of Hormuz to the Straits of Malacca as its zone of influence.
- By this move India aims to extend its influence into the Western Pacific region.
- The US has also recently renamed its Pacific Command to the “Indo-Pacific Command” as it seeks to give teeth to its Indo-Pacific policy.
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