Current Affairs - International - Discussion

The 15th East Asia Summit (EAS) on 14 November 2020. The Summit was chaired by the Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc because Vietnam is ASEAN Chair in 2020 (ASEAN holds the central role and leadership in the forum). The meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Russian Federation. (Russia is the Chair for 12th BRICS Summit). The Union Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Harsh Vardhan represented the Indian delegation at the meeting. The meeting concluded with the adoption of BRICS STI Declaration 2020