East Asia Summit

[edit] East Asia Summit

Participants of the East Asia Summit:
ASEAN

ASEAN Plus Three

Additional members

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The East Asia Summit (EAS) is a pan-Asian forum held annually by the leaders of 16 countries in East Asia and the region, with ASEAN in a leadership position. The summit has discussed issues including trade, energy and security and the summit has a role in regional community building.

The members of the summit are all 10 members of ASEAN together with China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand who combined represent almost half of the world's population. Russia has applied for membership of the summit and in 2005 was a guest for the First EAS at the invitation of the host - Malaysia.[43]

The first summit was held in Kuala Lumpur on 14 December 2005 and subsequent meetings have been held after the annual ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting.

Meeting Country Location Date Note
First EAS Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 14 December 2005 Russia attended as a guest.
Second EAS Philippines Cebu City 15 January 2007 Rescheduled from 13 December 2006.

Cebu Declaration on East Asian Energy Security

Third EAS Singapore Singapore 21 November 2007 Singapore Declaration on Climate Change, Energy and the Environment[44]

Agreed to establish Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia

Fourth EAS Thailand Cha-am and Hua Hin 25 October 2009 The date and location of the venue was rescheduled several times, and then a Summit scheduled for 12 April 2009 at Pattaya, Thailand was cancelled when protesters stormed the venue. The Summit has been rescheduled for October 2009 and transferred again from Phuket[45] to Cha-am and Hua Hin.[46]