East Asia Summit

The East Asia Summit (EAS) is a forum held annually by leaders of 16 countries in the East Asian region. EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN leaders’ meetings. The first summit was held in Kuala Lumpur on December 14, 2005.

Meetings held

Meeting	Country	Location	Date
First EAS	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	December 14, 2005
Second EAS	Philippines	Cebu City	January 15, 2007
Third EAS	Singapore	Singapore	November 21, 2007
Fourth EAS	Thailand	Cha-am and Hua Hin	October 25, 2009
Fifth EAS	Vietnam	Hanoi	October 30, 2010

Fifth East Asia Summit:

The East Asia Summit is a nominally annual meeting of national leaders from the East Asian region and adjoining countries. The Fifth East Asia Summit will be chaired by Vietnam on 30 October 2010.

East Asia Summit (EAS) Members
Australia Brunei PR China Cambodia India Indonesia Japan Laos Malaysia Myanmar New Zealand Philippines Singapore South Korea Thailand Vietnam
Potential future members Timor-Leste Papua New Guinea Russia