International summits

Question 1

BRICS Summit

Answer 1

Established: 2006
Member Countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa
11th Summit 2019 – Brazil
12th Summit 2020 – Russia
13th Summit 2021 – India
14th Summit 2022 – China
15th Summit 2023 – South Africa
16th Summit 2024 – Russia
17th Summit 2025 – Brazil

Question 2

G20 Summit

Answer 2

Established: 2003
Member Countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, European Union
2019 – Japan (14th meeting)
2020 – Virtual Summit hosted by Saudi Arabia (Covid-19)
2021 – Rome, Italy
2022 – Indonesia
2023 – India
2024 – Brazil
2025 – South Africa

Question 3

G7 Summit

Answer 3

Established: 1975
Member Countries: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States, Canada
2018 – Canada
2019 – France
2020 – USA (Postponed)
2021 – United Kingdom
2022 – Germany
2023 – Japan
2024 – Italy
2025 – Canada

Question 4

ADB Annual Meeting

Answer 4

51st 2018 – Manila, Philippines
52nd 2019 – Nadi, Fiji
53rd 2020 – Virtual
54th 2021 – Virtual
55th 2022 – Manila, Philippines
56th 2023 – Republic of Korea
57th 2024 – Georgia

Question 5

NATO Summit

Answer 5

NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Member Countries: 30
Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium
2017 – Brussels, Belgium
2018 – Brussels, Belgium
2019 – London, UK
2021 – Brussels, Belgium
2022 – Madrid, Spain
2023 – Vilnius, Lithuania
2024 – Washington, D.C., USA

Question 6

SAARC Summit

Answer 6

SAARC – South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
Established: 1985
Member Countries: Afghanistan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Nepal
Headquarters: Kathmandu, Nepal
18th 2014 – Kathmandu, Nepal
19th 2016 – Islamabad, Pakistan (Not held)
20th 2020 – Virtual
21st 2021 – Virtual (India)

Question 7

ASEAN Summit

Answer 7

ASEAN – Association of South East Asian Nations
Established: 1967
Member Countries: Brunei, Philippines, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Singapore
32nd & 33rd 2018 – Singapore
34th & 35th 2019 – Bangkok, Thailand
36th & 37th 2020 – Virtual, Vietnam
38th & 39th 2021 – Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
40th & 41st 2022 – Cambodia
42nd 2023 – Labuan Bajo, Nusa Tenggara
43rd – Jakarta, Indonesia
44th & 45th – Laos

Question 8

East Asia Summit (EAS)

Answer 8

Established: 2005
Member Countries: Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, United States, Vietnam
13th 2018 – Singapore
14th 2019 – Bangkok, Thailand
15th 2020 – Virtual, Vietnam
16th 2021 – Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
17th 2022 – Phnom Penh, Cambodia
18th 2023 – Jakarta, Indonesia
19th 2024 – Vientiane, Laos

Question 9

IBSA Summit

Answer 9

Established: 2003
Member Countries: India, Brazil, South Africa
Headquarters: Stafford St, Victoria
1st Summit 2006 – Brazil
6th Summit 2013 – India (Cancelled)
7th Summit 2017 – South Africa
Summit 2022 – India

Question 10

BIMSTEC Summit

Answer 10

BIMSTEC – Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
Member Countries: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan, Nepal
3rd Summit 2014 – Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
4th Summit 2018 – Kathmandu, Nepal
5th Summit 2022 – Colombo, Sri Lanka
6th Summit 2023 – Bangkok, Thailand
7th Summit 2024 – India

Question 11

CHOGM Meeting

Answer 11

CHOGM – Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
CHOGM 2015 – Valletta, Malta
CHOGM 2018 – London, UK
CHOGM 2021 – Rwanda
CHOGM 2024 – Samoa

Question 12

OPEC Summit

Answer 12

OPEC – Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
2015 – Vienna, Austria
2018 – Vienna, Austria
2021 – Virtual (Saudi Arabia)
2022 – Virtual (Congo)
2023 – Vienna, Austria

Question 13

APEC Summit

Answer 13

APEC – Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
Established: 1989
Headquarters: Singapore
Member Countries: Australia, Canada, Brunei, Chile, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, United States, Vietnam
30th 2018 – Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
31st 2019 – Santiago, Chile
32nd 2020 – Virtual (Malaysia)
33rd 2021 – Virtual (New Zealand, Cancelled)
34th 2022 – Thailand
35th 2023 – Mexico
36th 2024 – Brunei
37th 2025 – South Korea

Question 14

NAM Summit

Answer 14

NAM – Non-Aligned Movement
Established: 1961
Member Countries: 120
16th 2012 – Tehran, Iran
17th 2016 – Porlamar, Venezuela
18th 2019 – Baku, Azerbaijan
19th 2024 – Kampala, Uganda

Question 15

UN Climate Change Summit

Answer 15

COP23 2017 – Bonn, Germany
COP24 2018 – Katowice, Poland
COP25 2019 – Santiago, Chile
COP26 2021 – Glasgow, UK
COP27 2022 – Egypt
COP28 2023 – UAE
COP29 2024 – Azerbaijan

Question 16

SCO Summit

Answer 16

SCO – Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
Headquarters: Beijing, China
Member Countries: China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, India, Iran
2017 – Astana, Kazakhstan
2018 – Qingdao, China
2019 – Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
2020 – Virtual (Russia)
2021 – Dushanbe, Tajikistan
2022 – Uzbekistan
2023 – India
2024 – Kazakhstan