ASEAN Summit

ASEAN Summit
ASEAN member states shown in green
Status	Active
Genre	Diplomatic conference
Frequency	Biannual
Years active	48
Inaugurated	23 February 1976 (1976-02-23)
Most recent	2024

The ASEAN Summit is a biannual meeting held by the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in relation to economic, political, security, and socio-cultural development of Southeast Asian countries. In addition, it serves as a prominent regional (Asia) and international (worldwide) conference, with world leaders attending its related summits and meetings to discuss various problems and global issues, strengthening co-operation, and making decisions.^[1][2] The summit has been praised by world leaders for its success and ability to produce results on a global level.^[3]

The league of ASEAN is currently connected with other countries who aim to participate on the missions and visions of the league. The league conducts annual meetings with other countries in an organisation collectively known as the ASEAN dialogue partners. ASEAN +3 adds China, Japan, and South Korea.

The formal summits are held in three days. The usual itinerary are as follows:

• ASEAN leaders hold an internal organisation meeting.
• ASEAN leaders hold a conference together with foreign ministers of the ASEAN Regional Forum.
• Leaders of three ASEAN Dialogue Partners (also known as ASEAN +3), namely China, Japan, and South Korea, hold a meeting with the ASEAN leaders.
• And a separate meeting is set for leaders of two ASEAN Dialogue Partners (also known as ASEAN +CER), namely Australia and New Zealand.