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East Asia Summit

Oct. 30, 2025

Recently, the 20th East Asia Summit has adopted the Kuala Lumpur Declaration.

About East Asia Summit:

  • 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
    • Environment and Energy,
    • Education,
    • Finance,
    • Global Health Issues and Pandemic Diseases,
    • Natural Disaster Management, and
    • ASEAN Connectivity.

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