EAST ASIA SUMMIT (EAS)

by: Rodriguez, Mary Grace D.

11th EAS
It is scheduled to be held in Laos in
September 2016.
It will be very significant for the people
of
Laos because Obama will be the first
United States President to visit the
country.

10th EAS

Held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 22

November 2015
Chairman: Malaysian PM Dato Sri
Mohd Najb Tun Razak and attended by
all Member States

2005 Kuala Lumpur

Declaration

FIRST, that we have established the East Asia

Summit as a forum for dialogue on broad
strategic, political and economic issues of
common interest and concern with the aim of
promoting peace, stability and economic
prosperity in East Asia.
SECOND,that the efforts of the East Asia
Summit to promote community building in this
region will be consistent with and reinforce the
realisation of the ASEAN Community, and will
form an integral part of the evolving regional
architecture.

2005 Kuala Lumpur

Declaration

THIRD, that the East Asia Summit will

be an open, inclusive, transparent and
outward-looking forum in which we
strive to strengthen global norms and
universally recognised values with
ASEAN as the driving force working in
partnership with the other participants
of the East Asia Summit.

2005 Kuala Lumpur

Declaration

FOURTH, we will focus, among others, on the following:

Fostering strategic dialogue and promoting cooperation in political
and security issues to ensure that our countries can live at peace
with one another and with the world at large in a just, democratic
and harmonious environment;
Promoting development, financial stability, energy security,
economic integration and growth, eradicating poverty and narrowing
the development gap in East Asia, through technology transfer and
infrastructure development, capacity building, good governance and
humanitarian assistance and promoting financial links, trade and
investment expansion and liberalisation; and
Promoting deeper cultural understanding, people-to-people contact
and enhanced cooperation in uplifting the lives and well-being of our
peoples in order to foster mutual trust and solidarity as well as
promoting fields such as environmental protection, prevention of
infectious diseases and natural disaster mitigation.

2005 Kuala Lumpur

Declaration

FIFTH, that:
Participation in the East Asia Summit will be based
on the criteria for participation established by
ASEAN;
The East Asia Summit will be convened regularly;
The East Asia Summit will be hosted and chaired by
an ASEAN Member Country that assumes the
ASEAN Chairmanship and held back-to-back with
the annual ASEAN Summit; and
The modalities of the East Asia Summit will be
reviewed by ASEAN and all other participating
countries of the East Asia Summit.

2010 Ha Noi Declaration on the

Commemoration of the 5th Anniversary
of the EAS
1. To further strengthen the EAS as a
leaders-led forum for dialogue and
cooperation on broad strategic,
political and economic issues of
common interest and concern with the
aim of promoting peace, stability and
economic prosperity and integration in
East Asia;

2010 Ha Noi Declaration on the

Commemoration of the 5th Anniversary
of the EAS
2. To reaffirm that the EAS with ASEAN as the driving force, working
in close partnership with the other participants of the EAS, is an
important component of the evolving regional architecture, which
includes other existing and mutually-reinforcing processes such as
the ASEAN+1, ASEAN+3, ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), ASEAN
Defense Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM+), and Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC), and promotes community building
efforts in East Asia;
3. To redouble efforts to move progress and cooperation in the EAS
further forward, including in the priority areas and in the promotion
of regional integration through supporting the realisation of the
ASEAN Community and such initiatives as the ASEAN Plus FTAs and
other existing wider regional economic integration efforts including
studies on East Asia Free Trade Area (EAFTA) and Comprehensive
Economic Partnership in East Asia (CEPEA);

2010 Ha Noi Declaration on the

Commemoration of the 5th Anniversary
of the EAS
4. To enhance intra-regional connectivity in East
Asia, including physical, institutional and peopleto-people connectivity and express support for
the ASEAN Connectivity Master Plan and
readiness to partner with ASEAN in its
implementation;
5. To reiterate commitment to the principles,
objectives and modalities of the EAS as
established in the 2005 Kuala Lumpur
Declaration, and continued support for ASEANs
central role in the EAS, including in developing,
in close consultation with other EAS participants,
the EAS agenda and priorities;

2010 Ha Noi Declaration on the

Commemoration of the 5th Anniversary
of the EAS
6. To invite the Russian Federation and the United States
of America, given their expressed interest in and
commitment to the EAS process, to join the EAS in
2011, which would promote the principles, objectives
and priorities of the EAS;
7. To conduct, in this regard, stock-take reviews and
reflections aimed at further consolidating and
strengthening the EAS on the basis of its established
principles, objectives and modalities;
8. To consider also measures, including those of followup and coordination within the EAS, as appropriate, to
further enhance the effective implementation of the
EAS decisions;

2011 Declaration of the EAS on the

Principles for Mutually Beneficial
Relations
- Enhancement of mutual respect for
independence, sovereignty, equality, territorial
integrity and national identity.
- Respect for International law.
- Enhancement of mutual understanding,
mutual trust and friendship.
- Promotion of good neighborliness, partnership
and community building.
- Promotion and maintenance of peace, stability,
security and prosperity.

2011 Declaration of the EAS on the

Principles for Mutually Beneficial
Relations
- Non-interference in the internal affairs of another country.
- Renunciation of the threat of use of force or use of force
against another state, consistent with the UN Charter.
- Recognition and respect for the diversity of ethnic,
religious, cultural traditions and values, as well as diversity of
views and positions, including by promoting the voices of
moderation.
- Enhancement of regional resilience, including in the face of
economic shocks and natural disasters.
- Respect for fundamental freedoms, the promotion and
protection of human rights, and the promotion of Social
Justice
- Settlement of differences and disputes by peaceful means.
- Enhancement of mutually beneficial cooperation in the EAS and
with other regional fora