CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -On October 28, 2021, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi co-chaired the virtual 18th India-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Summit 2021 at the invitation of Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah (the current Chair of ASEAN). Leaders of ASEAN Member States have participated in the summit.

Detailed explanation-2: -Brunei, as the Chair in 2021, had a difficult task and now Cambodia inherited it. Cambodia holds the ASEAN chair for the third time since it joined ASEAN on 30 April 1999.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prior to the closing ceremony of the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and Related Summits, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen handed over a hammer to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo as a symbolic handover of ASEAN presidency from Cambodia to Indonesia. “Indonesia is honored to be the Chair of ASEAN in 2023.

Detailed explanation-4: -We, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), gathered for the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits on 11 November 2022 under the Chairmanship of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Vice President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar, who is on a three-day tour of Cambodia, led the Indian delegation, including the External Affairs Minister, Dr S.