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Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, President Barack Obama convenes Retrea…
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, President Barack Obama convenes Retreat Session One; Promoting Regional Prosperity Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship, during the U.S.-ASEAN Summit (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) at the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, California, February 15, 2016. Meeting participants include: President Benigno Aquino, Philippines; Prime Minister Najib Razak, Malaysia; President Joko Widodo, Indonesia; Prime Minister Hun Sen, Cambodia; Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Brunei; President Choummaly Sayasone, Laos; Le Luong Minh, Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations; Vice President Nyan Tun, Myanmar (Burma); Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Vietnam; Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand; Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore. (P021516PS-0535)
ASEAN Sunnylands 2016
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, President Barack Obama convenes Retreat Session One; Promoting Regional Prosperity Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship, during the U.S.-ASEAN Summit (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) at the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, California, February 15, 2016. Meeting participants include: President Benigno Aquino, Philippines; Prime Minister Najib Razak, Malaysia; President Joko Widodo, Indonesia; Prime Minister Hun Sen, Cambodia; Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Brunei; President Choummaly Sayasone, Laos; Le Luong Minh, Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations; Vice President Nyan Tun, Myanmar (Burma); Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Vietnam; Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand; Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore. (P021516PS-0535)

ASEAN Sunnylands 2016

Event TypeIntergovernmental Summit
February 16, 2016 - February 18, 2016
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is an intergovernmental forum composed of independent member states from the Southeast Asia region. The objective of the forum is to promote economic growth, social progress, cultural development, and regional peace through security cooperation among its members. Although not a member of ASEAN, the United States participates as a “dialogue partner.”

President Obama attended the 2016 ASEAN Summit in Sunnylands, California from February 15 through February 16, 2016. This was the first ASEAN summit to be held in the United States.
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A video of the opening session of the ASEAN summit hosted in Sunnylands, California in February 2016 was posted on The Obama White House YouTube account: "The President's Remarks at the Opening Session of the U.S.-ASEAN Summit"  
Additional information about the ASEAN Summit hosted in Sunnylands, California in February 2016 can be read on the archived Obama White House website: "FACT SHEET: Unprecedented U.S.-ASEAN Relations"
The text of President Obama’s remarks at the ASEAN summit hosted in Sunnylands, California in February 2016 can be read on the archived Obama White House website: "Remarks by President Obama at Opening Session of the U.S.-ASEAN Summit"
The text of President Obama’s remarks at a press conference during the ASEAN summit hosted in Sunnylands, California in February 2016 can be read on the archived Obama White House website: "Remarks by President Obama at U.S.-ASEAN Press Conference"
The text of a joint statement from the ASEAN summit hosted in Sunnylands, California in February 2016 can be read on the archived Obama White House website: "Joint Statement of the U.S.-ASEAN Special Leaders’ Summit: Sunnylands Declaration"