Current Context: The 10th East Asia Summit 2020 was conducted virtually. The agenda of the meet was about international and national developments and to mitigating measures for COVID-19.
- India was represented by External Affairs Minister for State, V. Muraleedharan.
- The meeting was chaired by Deputy PM and Foreign Minister of Vietnam, Pham Bin Minh.
- In the meeting, the dignitaries discussed the ways to strengthen the EAS platform and make it responsible to handle upcoming challenges.
- The ministers discussed the views for mitigating and fast recovery from coronavirus
- They also discussed the work progress in the Manila Plan of Action.
- V. Muraleedharan also acknowledged Vietnam’s work in providing supervision towards ‘Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN’ during the pandemic state of COVID-19.
- Static Part:
- Capital of Vietnam: Hanoi
- Currency of Vietnam: Vietnamese Dong
Question:
Q.1 Who among the following represented India in 10th East Asia Summit 2020?
a. Harsh Vardhan Sringla
b. Pranay Verma
c. V. Muraleedharan
d. S Jaishankar
a. Harsh Vardhan Sringla
b. Pranay Verma
c. V. Muraleedharan
d. S Jaishankar
