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Mains Paper 2: IR | Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important:
Prelims level: India-US forum, the trilateral dialogue.
Mains level: The trilateral dialogue
News
Trilateral dialogue between India, Japan and the US
- India will host the strategically important trilateral dialogue between India, Japan and the US this week
- The US administration has sent two of its senior diplomats from the State Department to co-lead the American delegation for the trilateral dialogue
Background of the trilateral dialogue
- The India-Japan-US trilateral was launched in December 2011 when Hillary Clinton was the Secretary of State
- It was elevated to ministerial level in 2015. The inaugural ministerial trilateral was held on September 29, 2015, in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly Session
- The last ministerial dialogue was also held in New York in September 2017
India-US forum
- One of the diplomats will also participate in the India-US Forum, hosted by the Ananta Centre and the Ministry of External Affairs
- The India-US Forum is a platform for both American and Indian leaders across the spectrum to discuss complex global and bilateral issues and promote greater cooperation between the two countries through consultation and collaboration
- Conveners : Ananta Centre and Ministry of External Affairs