Forum of East Asia–Latin America Cooperation

Forum of East Asia-Latin America Cooperation Foro de Cooperación Asia Oriental-América Latina
Headquarters	Seoul
Working languages	English and Spanish
Type	Regional forum
Membership	East Asia Australia Brunei Cambodia China Indonesia Japan Laos Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar New Zealand Philippines Singapore South Korea Thailand Vietnam Latin America Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Establishment	1999
Website Official website

The Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (Spanish: Foro de Cooperación Asia Oriental-América Latina) or (abbreviated as FEALAC) is a regional forum of 36 countries constituting the region of East, Southeast Asia and Latin America that came together to form an official and regular dialogue channel between the two regions.[1]

History

East Asia and Latin America are both composed of developing countries and are economically dynamic and complementary to each other. They follow the global trend of regional cooperation; the need for intercontinental cooperation between East Asia and Latin America arose because there was no official cooperative mechanism bridging the two regions. In 1998, a concrete proposal to enhance the relations of the two regions was initiated by the former Singaporean Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Subsequently, the East Asia-Latin America Forum Senior Officials meeting was held in Singapore in 1998, marking the beginning of the organization.

External links

• Official website