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Forum of East Asia–Latin America Cooperation

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Forum of East Asia-Latin America Cooperation
Foro de Cooperación Asia Oriental-América Latina
HeadquartersSeoul
Working languagesEnglish and Spanish
TypeRegional forum
Membership
Establishment1999

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

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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. [1]

References

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  1. ^ "Ministry of Foreign Affairs Singapore - FEALAC".
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