ASEAN Summit

The ASEAN Summit is an annual meeting held by the member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation in relation to economic, and cultural development of Southeast Asian countries.

The league of ASEAN is currently connected with other countries who aimed to participate on the missions and visions of the league. Apparently, the league is conducting an annual meetings with other countries in an organization collectively known as the ASEAN dialogue partners. ASEAN +3 adds China, Japan and South Korea.The formal summit are held in three days. The usual itinerary are as follows:

• ASEAN leaders hold an internal organization meeting.
• ASEAN leaders hold a conference together with foreign ministers of the ASEAN Regional Forum.
• Leaders of 3 ASEAN Dialogue Partners (also known as ASEAN+3) namely China, Japan and South Korea hold a meeting with the ASEAN leaders.
• And a separate meeting is set for leaders of 2 ASEAN Dialogue Partners (also known as ASEAN+CER) namely Australia and New Zealand.

History

The First ASEAN summit was held in February 1976 in Bali. The ASEAN leaders signed the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia.

On 2nd ASEAN summit held on Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1977 was the occasion for the first summit meeting between Japan...
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