The Asean Regional Forum was established in 1993 by the ASEAN member States to become an effective consultative Asia-Pacific Forum for promoting open dialogue on political and security cooperation in the region. Sri Lanka’s request to become a ARF Member was accepted by the 39th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and the 13 ARF Meeting held in Malaysia in 2007. Sri Lanka joined the Forum as its 27 Member. More: https://mfa.gov.lk/asean-12-sept-2020/