EAST ASIA SUMMIT
CONTEXT
- Recently, the Prime Minister attended the 16th East Asia Summit (EAS).
| UPSC PRELIMC MCQ 2015
India is a member of which of the following? 1.Asia-Pacificeconomiccorporation. 2. Association of South-East Asian Nations. 3. East Asia Summit Select the correct answer using the code given below. a) 1 and 2 only b) 3 only c) 1, 2, and 3 d) India is a member of none of them ANS = b)
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EAST ASIA SUMMIT
- The East Asia Summit (EAS) is the Indo-Pacific’s premier forum for strategic dialogue.
- It is the only leader-led forum at which all key partners meet to discuss political, security and economic challenges facing the Indo-Pacific, and has an important role to play in advancing closer regional cooperation.
- The EAS has 18 members – the ten ASEAN countries (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) along with Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Russia and the United States.
- ASEAN leads the forum, and the chair position rotates between ASEAN Member States annually. In 2020 EAS members represented 54 per cent of the world’s population and accounted for 62 per cent of global GDP worth an estimated US$52.3 trillion.
EAS MEETINGS AND PROCESSES
- The EAS calendar culminates in the annual Leaders’ Summit, which is usually held alongside ASEAN Leaders’ meetings in the fourth quarter of every year.
- In addition to their discussions, leaders issue statements on topical issues, to signal political will for framing policy responses and to provide a basis for cooperation.
- In addition to the Leaders’ Summit, meetings of EAS Foreign Ministers and Economic Ministers are held annually.
- These also serve as platforms for frank discussion of political, regional security and economic issues and prepare for the Leaders’ Summit, including by developing new ideas on statements for leaders’ consideration.
- Meetings of the EAS Environment, Energy, and Education Ministers are also held frequently.
INDIA AND EAS
- India is one of the founding members of the East Asia Summit.
- At the East Asia Summit in Bangkok in November 2019, India had unveiled India’s Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI), which is aimed at forging partnerships to create a secure and stable maritime domain.