India, ASEAN together to help shape Asia, global economy, says S Jaishankar

Coronavirus highlights 'indivisible aspect of human existence that underpins globalisation', says India's foreign minister.

India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) together help shape Asia and the world, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday while highlighting that bloc is one of the crossroads of the global economy.

"India is the fifth-largest economy in the world. ASEAN is one of the crossroads of the global economy. We are not only proximate to each other but together help shape Asia and the world. It is important that at this juncture, we put our heads together," Jaishankar said at the sixth roundtable of ASEAN-India Network of Think Tanks (AINTT).

He said that the