US, Russia to be invited to East Asia Summit: Indonesian FM

Hanoi?Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said today both the US and Russia would be invited to the expansion of East Asia Summit.
He told the press during the lunch-break that Asean foreign ministers would further study the modality of how to engage the two superpowers.
The decision was made followed by the recommendation by Asean senior officials that both countries should be invited to join EAS in 2011. For the US, it would be the same year that it hosts the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation in Hawaii.
EAS was found in 2005 with the 10 Asean members, China, Japan, South Korea, India, New Zealand and Australia. The forum discusses global and transnational issues.
The Nation