Secretary (East) P. Kumaran met with Dato’ Sri Amran Mohammed Zin, Secretary General, MoFA, Malaysia and ASEAN Leader of Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM), on the sidelines of East Asia Summit (EAS) and ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) SOM in Penang, Malaysia. Held discussions to fully realize the 🇮🇳-🇲🇾 Comprehensive Strategic Partnership established during the visit of PM YAB Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia, to India in Aug 2024. Congratulated Secretary General on successful adoption of ‘ASEAN Community Vision 2045’ under 🇲🇾’s chairmanship of ASEAN. Also discussed ways to widen 🇮🇳’s engagement with ASEAN in the context EAS and ASEAN-India Summit framework to strengthen the ASEAN-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, and exchanged views on other regional and multilateral issues.