INDO-PACIFIC WING SET UP IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE
16, Apr 2019

Prelims level : IR
Mains level :
Why in News?
- The Ministry of External Affairs has set up an Indo-Pacific Wing in the foreign office
Highlights:
- The Indo-Pacific division is intended to give a coherent architecture to the Indo-Pacific policy articulated by PM Narendra Modi at the Shangri-La Dialogue in 2018
- Setting up of this special wing or division makes a strong strategic Statement
Indo-Pacific Wing or Indo-Pacific Division:
- The Indo-Pacific Wing is currently headed by joint secretary VikramDoraiswami
- The Indo-Pacific Wing is a big step by the Government and it is expected to give thrust to the Indo-Pacific centred Policymaking
- The Indo-Pacific Wing integrates the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), ASEAN region and the Squad
- The Indo-Pacific diplomacy of India has repeatedly placed ASEAN at the centre of its policy.
- Even the US has recently renamed its Pacific Command to the Indo-Pacific Command as it seeks to give teeth to its Indo-Pacific Plicy