CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The original founding nations of ASEAN were Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. There are two observer nations: Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste.

Detailed explanation-3: -Overview. The ASEAN-Plus Three (APT) consists of 10 ASEAN Member States, China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ROK). The economic cooperation between ASEAN and the Plus Three countries started in 1997 and had evolved ever since.

Detailed explanation-4: -This year’s Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit hosted by Cambodia from 10-13 November 2022, in Phnom Penh was the first in-person meeting held after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.