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VIENTIANE, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- The 11th East Asia Summit (EAS), which was held here Thursday as part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits and related leaders' meetings, focused on infrastructure development cooperation.
At the EAS, leaders of ASEAN and its dialogue partners (China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Russia) reviewed the cooperation over the past years, especially the implementation of the six priority areas of the EAS, namely finance, education, energy and environment, global health and communication diseases, disaster management and ASEAN connectivity as well as the decisions and outcome documents of previous summits.
The leaders reiterated the importance of the EAS as a leaders-led forum for dialogue on broad strategic, political and economic issues of common interest and concern, and reaffirmed their commitment to enhancing the said mechanism with a view to contributing to the promotion of peace, stability and economic prosperity in East Asia and the world at large.
The EAS leaders adopted the Vientiane Declaration on Promoting Infrastructure Development Cooperation in East Asia proposed by Laos, EAS Declaration on Strengthening Responses to Migrants in Crisis and Trafficking in Persons, and EAS Statement on Non-proliferation.
Laos, ASEAN's 2016 rotating chair, hosted the 28th and 29th ASEAN summits and related leaders' meetings here from Tuesday through Thursday. The related meetings include the ASEAN+1 Summits, Summit on Commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of ASEAN-China Dialogue Relations, ASEAN+3 (China, Japan and South Korea) Summit, and the East Asia Summit.
