16th East Asia Summit Virtually : PM Modi To Attend
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually attend the 16th East Asia Summit.
Key Facts
- Apart from ten ASEAN members – Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, the East Asia Summit includes India, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Russia, the PMO release added.
- Since India is the founding member of the East Asia Summit, it is committed to enhancing the strength of the forum and increasing its efficiency.
- Leaders are expected to make several declarations and will exchange views on issues such as terrorism, security and COVID-19.
- India is committed to strengthening the East Asia Summit.
- Also making it more effective for dealing with contemporary challenges.
- It is also an important platform for furthering practical cooperation in the Indo-Pacific by building upon the convergence between ASEAN Outlook on Indo-Pacific (AOIP) and Indo-Pacific Ocean’s Initiative (IPOI).
About East Asia Summit
- East Asia Summit is a regional forum, inaugurated in 2005.
- The summit is held annually by the leaders of 16 nations which are part of East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Oceanian regions, on the basis of ASEAN Plus Six mechanism.
- The summit includes ten ASEAN members namely, Brunei, Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore.
- Other members of the summit are India, Japan, China, Australia, the Republic of Korea, the United States, New Zealand, and Russia.
- India is the founding member of East Asia Summit and has committed to enhance the strength and increase the efficiency of this forum.
- Trade is an important focus for the summit.
- Challenges : Tensions between the members of the Summit continued to impede the members developing a more ambitious program.
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