\u2713the twenty-seven-member multilateral grouping was developed to facilitate cooperation on political and security issues to contribute to regional confidence-building and preventive diplomacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713First meeting Held at Bangkok, Thailand, in 1994. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713It includes ASEAN and 10 dialogue partners i.e Australia, Canada, China, the European <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Union, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia, New Zealand, and the United States. Also included are the Papua New Guinea, Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Pakistan,Timor-Leste, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713Unique among international organizations of its type, the ARF is characterized by minimal institutionalization, decision making by consensus, and the use of both \u201cfirst track\u201d (official) and \u201csecond track\u201d (nonofficial) diplomacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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