(THE GIST OF PIB) ASEAN Future Forum

(APRIL-2024)

Recently, India’s External Affairs Minister participated in the First ‘ASEAN Future Forum’.

It acts as a platform for ASEAN and its partners to share new ideas and policy recommendations.
It is aimed at creating a common platform for ASEAN member states as well as partner countries and ASEAN people to contribute to promoting and shaping the bloc’s development path.
It was proposed by Vietnam at the 43rd ASEAN Summit in 2023.
Theme of the first forum: Toward fast and sustainable growth of a people-centered ASEAN Community.
It took place in Hanoi, Vietnam.

It is a group of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which was established in 1967 with the signing of the Bangkok declaration.
Founding members: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
Presently ASEAN comprises 10 member states namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam.
It promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, military, educational, and sociocultural integration between its members and other countries in Asia.