Association of Southeast Asian Nations ,ASEAN - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

ANSWER: Force18

Explanation:
This exercise will be held in Pune with 18 ASEAN Plus members including South Korea, Japan, Russia, China and the US, This is in line with the Act East Policy to learn and share best practices of other armies in the world and display commitment for peace in the region. The theme of Force18, which will be held from March 2nd to 8th, is humanitarian mine action and peacekeeping operations. Foreign trainers will be participating in this exercise too.

ANSWER: Malaysia

Explanation:
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit was held in the month of November 2015 at Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur. The theme for the summit was “Our People, Our Community, Our vision” and summit was chaired by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak. 10 ASEAN nations attended this summit.

ANSWER: Only 2

Explanation:
- Dialogue partners of ASEAN: China, South Korea, Japan, India, New Zealand, Australia, the US and Russia.
-Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand were initial members.
- Since then, membership has expanded to include Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), and Vietnam.

ANSWER: All

Explanation:
Asean leaders welcomed the formal establishment of the Asean Community, agreeing that this declaration as well as the community vision 2025 - the Asean Political-Security Community Blueprint 2025, the Asean Economic Community Blueprint 2025 and the Asean Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025 - constitute the Asean 2025: Forging Ahead Together.

ANSWER: Establishment of AEC

Explanation:
- ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) will be EU-style regional economic bloc
- It will allow a single market with a free flow of goods, capital and skilled labour in the region.
- AEC will help less developed economies link up with more developed ones, bringing about more equitable economic development across the region.
- Asean as a single economy is forecast to become the fourth-largest economy in the world by 2030, behind only the European Union, the United States and China.
- ASEAN itself was inaugurated on 8 August 1967, when foreign ministers of five countries; Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, signed the ASEAN Declaration, more commonly known as the Bangkok Declaration.

ANSWER: ASEAN+ 10

Explanation:
- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) and the six states with which ASEAN has existing FTAs (Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand).
- RCEP negotiations were formally launched in November 2012 at the ASEAN Summit in Cambodia.
- The 10th round of the RCEP talks took place in Busan, South Korea in October 2015.

ANSWER: ASEAN

Explanation:
- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the six states with which ASEAN has existing FTAs.
- ASEAN members: Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam)
- Six states with which ASEAN has existing FTAs (Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand).

ANSWER: Our People, Our Community, Our Vision

Explanation:
Besides, the ASEAN foreign ministers meet was participated by India’s Minister of State for External Affairs of India Gen (Retd) VK Singh.