India Must Deepen Central Asia Ties to Strengthen Security, Energy, and Strategic Influence: Kanwal Sibal

The India Central Asia Foundation (ICAF) organised a two-day international seminar at the India International Centre on Asia: “India-Central Connectivity, Security, and Sustainable Partnership in a Multipolar World,” bringing together policymakers, schol-ars, and strategic experts to discuss the evolving regional landscape. Inaugurating the two-day international seminar-organ-ised by the Ministry of External Affairs and sponsred by MERI Group Institutions. of In his inaugural address, for-mer Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal highlighted Central Asia’s growing impor-tance in India’s foreign policy, describing it as part of India’s “extended neighbourhood.’ He stressed that stronger engagement with the region is critical for addressing shared concerns such as extremism, energy security, and shifting geopolitical dynamics.