Context: 13th East Asia Summit
is being held in Singapore.
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India has been participating in the EAS since
its very inception in 2005.
About
East Asia Summit:
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The East Asia Summit (EAS) is a forum held
annually by leaders of, initially, 16 countries in the East Asian, Southeast
Asian and South Asian regions. Membership expanded to 18 countries including
the United States and Russia at the Sixth EAS in 2011.
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EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN
leaders’ meetings. The first summit was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 14
December 2005.
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EAS is an initiative of ASEAN and is based on
the premise of the centrality of ASEAN.
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