Recently, China hosted a meeting of foreign ministers from the | UPSC PRO

Recently, China hosted a meeting of foreign ministers from the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries.

The meeting marks the 30th anniversary of China-ASEAN dialogue.

With this meeting China looks to deepen its economic ties with the region as well as push back the renewed effort at regional engagement from the US, as well as from the QUAD (Quadrilateral Framework) grouping.

◦ QUAD earlier this year came out with a regional vaccine initiative.

Association of Southeast Asian Nations
About:
◦ It is a regional grouping that promotes economic, political, and security cooperation.

◦ It was established in August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the founding fathers of ASEAN, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

◦ Its chairmanship rotates annually, based on the alphabetical order of the English names of Member States.

members: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam..

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