35th ASEAN Summit begins in Bangkok

The 35th ASEAN Summit began in Bangkok.

• Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan -O-Cha inaugurated this summit at IMPACT convention complex.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend this summit on November 3rd and 4th.
• Theme : Advancing Partnership for sustainability
• During five days summit East Asia Summit (EAS)  and Regional, Comprehensive Economic Summit ( RCEP)  will be also held.
• Apart from leaders of the 10 ASEAN countries head of  Eight dialogue partner countries including India, USA, China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Australia and  New Zealand are also participating in the summit.

 Points to Remember

• The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) and its six FTA partners (China, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand).