BANGKOK: The 35th Asean Summit and Related Summits officially began this morning at the IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Centre, here. Leading the Malaysian delegation to the summit is Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Among the meetings that will take place here are the 22nd Asean-China Summit, 16th Asean-India Summit, 14th Asean-East Asia Summit (EAS), 10th Asean-United Nation (UN) Summit, 22nd Asean Plus Three Summit, and the 3rd Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) meeting. This year’s Summit with the theme “Advancing Partnership for Sustainability” is important because it gives Asean leaders an opportunity to review and study current issues and the Asean Community Agenda following the establishment of the Asean Community and endorsement of Asean 2025: Forging Ahead Together (Asean Vision 2025) in 2019 as well as the success of Asean chairmanship by Thailand. Next year’s Asean Summits will be hosted by Vietnam.

Source: New Strait Times November 03, 2019 03:00 UTC