Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It is agroup of 10 countries located in South east Asia. It was established on 8 August 1967.  Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand were founding members. Later, Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam were included. . ASEAN aims at accelerating economic growth, social progress, cultural development among its members and  protection of regional peace and stability.

This years ASEAN meet is being held at Brunei from 9 oct. PM Nabmohan Singh is attending the meet. Obama has to drop at the last moment due to financial crisis in US. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is also attending the summit.

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