East Asia Summit

Map of EAS members and candidates
  Original Members
  Members from the 6th EAS
  Candidates
A session of the 10th East Asia Summit, 2015.

The East Asia Summit (EAS) is a regional forum held annually by leaders of, initially, 16 countries in the East Asian, Southeast Asian, South Asian and Oceanian regions, based on the ASEAN Plus Six mechanism. Membership expanded to 18 countries including Russia and the United States at the Sixth EAS in 2011. Since its establishment, ASEAN has held the central role and leadership in the forum. EAS meetings are held after the annual ASEAN leaders' meetings, and plays an important role in the regional architecture of Asia-Pacific. The first summit was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 14 December 2005.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Places of Interest Archives".
  2. ^ "About | EAS | ASEAN India". mea.gov.in.

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