The 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit will begin on Sunday (October 26) and continue till Tuesday (October 30), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. World leaders, including US President Donald Trump, are expected to join the summit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier said he would attend the event virtually.

What are ASEAN and related summits?

ASEAN consists of 10 members – Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Together, they have a population of 678 million people and a gross domestic product of $3.9 trillion, according to the Office of the United States Trade Representative.

The ASEAN summit is accompanied annually by the East Asia Summit, a gathering of leaders of the ASEAN nations - the US, China, I

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