20th East Asia Summit:
The 20th East Asia Summit has adopted the Kuala Lumpur Declaration.
- It is the premier Leaders-led forum for dialogue and cooperation on strategic, political, and economic issues of mutual interest and concern in the East Asia region.
- It was established in 2005 with the convening of the 1st Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Member countries: ASEAN Member States (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam), Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, and the Republic of Korea, United States and Russia.
- To become a member of the EAS, countries must:
- Sign the ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC)
- Be a formal dialogue partner of ASEAN
- Have substantive cooperative relations with ASEAN
- Six priority areas of regional cooperation within the framework of the EAS
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- Environment and Energy,
- Education,
- Finance,
- Global Health Issues and Pandemic Diseases,
- Natural Disaster Management, and
- ASEAN Connectivity.
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