ASEAN Summit

The ASEAN Summit is an annual meeting held by ASEAN in relation to economic, and cultural development of Southeast Asian countries. The grouping regularly conducts dialogue meetings with other countries in an organization collectively known as the ASEAN dialogue partners. ASEAN + 3 adds China, Japan and South Korea after the agreement of ASEAN+3 Heads of Government Summit on Nov. 2001 in Brunei. The formal summit are held in three days. The usual... more

The ASEAN Summit is an annual meeting held by ASEAN in relation to economic, and cultural development of Southeast Asian countries. The grouping regularly conducts dialogue meetings with other countries in an organization collectively known as the ASEAN dialogue partners. ASEAN + 3 adds China, Japan and South Korea after the agreement of ASEAN+3 Heads of Government Summit on Nov. 2001 in Brunei. The formal summit are held in three days. The usual itinerary are as follows: The first ASEAN summit was held in February 1976 in Bali. At this summit, ASEAN expressed its readiness to "develop fruitful relations" and mutually beneficial co-operation with other countries of the region. The ASEAN leaders signed the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia. The 2nd ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur in 1977 was the occasion for the first summit meeting between Japan and ASEAN. Japan expressed its intention to promote co-operation with ASEAN. The ASEAN heads of government also met the heads of... less