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| map_caption            = Member states in yellow
| org_type               = Regional cooperation organizations
| membership_type        = Members
| membership             = {{Collapsible list 
| title = 35 Countries
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| admin_center_type      = Headquarters
| admin_center           = [[Kuwait City]]
| official_languages     = [[English language|English]]
| leader_title1          = Secretary-General
| leader_name1           = {{flagdeco|Thailand}} Dr. Pornchai Danvivathana<ref>{{cite web |title=Asia Cooperation Dialogue |url=http://www.acd-dialogue.org/secretary-general-of-provisional-secretariat.html |website=www.acd-dialogue.org}}</ref>
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| established            = 2002
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The '''Asia Cooperation Dialogue''' ('''ACD''') is an [[intergovernmental organization]] created on 18 June 2002 to promote [[Asia]]n cooperation at a continental level and to ensure coordination among different [[regional organization]]s such as the [[ASEAN]], the [[Gulf Cooperation Council]], the  [[Eurasian Economic Union]], the [[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation]], and the [[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation|SAARC]]. It is the first international organization to cover the whole of Asia.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=From Rep. of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs|url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/aid.en.mfa|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref> Its secretariat is in [[Kuwait City]].<ref name=":0" />

==History==
The idea of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue was raised at the First International Conference of Asian Political Parties (held in [[Manila]] in September 2000) by [[Surakiart Sathirathai]], then deputy leader of the now defunct [[Thai Rak Thai]] Party, on behalf of his party leader, [[Thaksin Shinawatra]], then [[Prime Minister of Thailand]]. It was suggested that Asia as a continent should have its own forum to discuss Asia-wide cooperation. Afterwards, the idea of the ACD was formally put forward during the 34th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in [[Hanoi]] in July 2001 and at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Retreat in [[Phuket (city)|Phuket]] in February 2002.

===Ministerial meetings===
{| class="wikitable"
! Meeting
! Location
! Date(s)
|-
| 1st 
| {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Cha-am District|Cha-am]]
| 18–19 June 2002
|-
| 2nd 
| {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Chiang Mai]]
| 21–22 June 2003
|-
| 3rd 
| {{flagicon|China}} [[Qingdao]]
| 21–22 June 2004
|-
| 4th 
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Islamabad]]
| 4–6 April 2005
|-
| 5th 
| {{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Doha]]
| 23–24 May 2006
|-
| 6th 
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Seoul]]
| 5–6 June 2007 
|-
| 7th 
| {{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} [[Nur-Sultan|Astana]]
| 16–17 October 2008
|-
| 8th<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfa.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/attachment-2.pdf |title=Arrangements for media coverage of the 8th Asia Cooperation Dialogue Ministerial Meeting October 2009 |access-date=15 September 2009 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Colombo]]
| 15–16 October 2009
|-
| 9th 
| {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Tehran]]
| 8–9 November 2010
|-
| 10th 
|{{flagicon|Kuwait}} [[Kuwait City]]
| 10–11 October 2012
|-
| 11th<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thailandnewsworth.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/thaksins-statement-at-the-11th-asia-cooperation-dialogue-ministerial-meeting/|title=Thaksin’s Statement at the 11th Asia Cooperation Dialogue Ministerial Meeting|date=3 April 2013|website=wordpress.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|Tajikistan}} [[Dushanbe]]
| 29 March 2013
|-
| 12th<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2013-11/26/c_132918078_2.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208223049/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2013-11/26/c_132918078_2.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 December 2013|title=12th Asia Cooperation Dialogue Ministerial Meeting held in Bahrain|website=xinhuanet.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|Bahrain}} [[Manama]]
| 26 November 2013
|-
| 13th<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arabnews.com/news/653756|title=32 ministers to attend Riyadh conference|publisher=[[Arab News]].com|date=2 November 2009|access-date=30 May 2015}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Riyadh]]
| 25 November 2014
|-
| 14th<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acd-dialogue.org/ministerial-meeting/14th/chairman-statement.pdf|title=Chairman’s Statement 14th Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Ministerial Meeting|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912170923/http://www.acd-dialogue.org/ministerial-meeting/14th/chairman-statement.pdf|archive-date=12 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Bangkok]]
|  9–10 March 2016
|-
| 15th<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acd-dialogue.org/news-events-2017-august-1.html|title=15th ACD Ministerial Meeting, 16–17 January 2017, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates|date=17 January 2017}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} [[Abu Dhabi]]
|  16–17 January 2017
|-
| 16th<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/31232/16th_Ministerial_Meeting_of_Asia_Cooperation_Dialogue|title=16th ACD Ministerial Meeting, 30 April 2019, Doha, Qatar|date=17 January 2017}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Doha]]
|  30 April 2019
|-
|17th
|{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Ankara]]
| 21 January 2021
|}

===Summits===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Summit
! Location
! Dates
|-
| 1st
| {{flagicon|Kuwait}} [[Kuwait City]]
| 15–17 October 2012
|-
| 2nd 
| {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Bangkok]]
| 8–10 October 2016
|-
| 3rd 
| {{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Doha]]
| 2–3 October 2024
|}

==Member states==
{{Supranational Asian Bodies|size=300px|align=right}}
[[File:Asia Cooperation Dialogue Members by Year of Accession.svg|thumb|300x300px|'''Membership and expansion of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue:'''{{legend|#CB6837|Founding members}}{{legend|#DE993F|2003}}{{legend|#F0E350|2004}}{{legend|#F3EEB3|2005}}{{legend|#8383FD|2006}}{{legend|#3F48CC|2008}}{{legend|#29329C|2010 or later}}]]
The ACD was founded by 18 members. Since May 2019, the organization consists of 35 states<ref name=turkeyjoin>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/no_-253_-26-september-2013_-press-release-on-turkey_s-membership-to--the-asia-cooperation-dialogue.en.mfa|title=No: 253, 26 September 2013, Press Release on Turkey’s Membership to the Asia Cooperation Dialogue|date=26 September 2013|access-date=26 October 2013|publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey]]}}</ref> as listed below (including all current members of the ASEAN and the GCC). ''Overlapping [[regional organization]] membership in italics.''

{|class="wikitable sortable" white-space:nowrap"
!Name
!Accession date
!Regional organization

|-
|{{Flag|Afghanistan|2013}} 
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2012|10|17}}
|[[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation|SAARC]], [[Economic Cooperation Organization|ECO]]
|-
|{{BHR}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2002|6|18}}
|[[Gulf Cooperation Council|GCC]], [[Arab League|AL]]
|-
|{{BAN}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2002|6|18}}
|[[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation|SAARC]], [[Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation|BIMSTEC]]
|-
|{{BHU}} <ref group="t" name="bhu">One more membership request was finally confirmed at the ACD Breakfast Meeting of 27 September 2004</ref>
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2004|9|27}}
|[[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation|SAARC]], [[Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation|BIMSTEC]]
|-
|{{BRU}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2002|6|18}}
|[[ASEAN]]
|-
|{{CAM}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2002|6|18}}
|[[ASEAN]], [[Mekong–Ganga Cooperation|MGC]]
|-
|{{CHN}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2002|6|18}}
|[[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation|SCO]]
|-
|{{IND}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2002|6|18}}
|[[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation|SAARC]], [[Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation|BIMSTEC]], [[Mekong–Ganga Cooperation|MGC]], [[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation|SCO]]
|-
|{{IDN}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2002|6|18}}
|[[ASEAN]]
|-
|{{IRN}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2004|6|21}}
|[[Economic Cooperation Organization|ECO]], [[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation|SCO]]
|-
|{{JPN}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2002|6|18}}
|—
|-
|{{KAZ}} <ref group="t" name="Europe"/>
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2003|6|21}}
|[[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]], [[Economic Cooperation Organization|ECO]], [[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation|SCO]]
|-
|{{KOR}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2002|6|18}}
|—
|-
|{{KUW}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2003|6|21}}
|[[Gulf Cooperation Council|GCC]], [[Arab League|AL]]
|-
|{{KGZ}}<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/zxxx/t518795.htm| title=Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun Attends the 7th Asia Cooperation Dialogue Foreign Ministers’Meeting in Kazakhstan| access-date=28 June 2010}}</ref>
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2008|10|16}}
|[[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]], [[Economic Cooperation Organization|ECO]], [[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation|SCO]]
|-
|{{LAO}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2002|6|18}}
|[[ASEAN]], [[Mekong–Ganga Cooperation|MGC]]
|-
|{{MAS}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2002|6|18}}
|[[ASEAN]]
|-
|{{MGL}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2004|6|21}}
|—
|-
|{{MYA}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2002|6|18}}
|[[ASEAN]], [[Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation|BIMSTEC]], [[Mekong–Ganga Cooperation|MGC]]
|-
|{{NEP}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2016|3|10}}
|[[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation|SAARC]], [[Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation|BIMSTEC]]
|-
|{{OMA}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2003|6|21}}
|[[Gulf Cooperation Council|GCC]], [[Arab League|AL]]
|-
|{{PAK}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2002|6|18}}
|[[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation|SAARC]], [[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation|SCO]], [[Economic Cooperation Organization|ECO]]
|-
|{{PHI}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2002|6|18}}
|[[ASEAN]]
|-
|{{PLE}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2019|5|1}}
|[[Arab League|AL]]
|-
|{{QAT}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2002|6|18}}
|[[Gulf Cooperation Council|GCC]], [[Arab League|AL]]
|-
|{{RUS}} <ref group="t" name="Europe">Located partially in [[Europe]].</ref>
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2005|4|4}}
|[[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]], [[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation|SCO]]
|-
|{{KSA}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2005|4|4}}
|[[Gulf Cooperation Council|GCC]], [[Arab League|AL]]
|-
|{{SIN}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2002|6|18}}
|[[ASEAN]]
|-
|{{SRI}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2003|6|21}}
|[[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation|SAARC]], [[Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation|BIMSTEC]]
|-
|{{TJK}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2006|6|5}}
|[[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]], [[Economic Cooperation Organization|ECO]], [[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation|SCO]]
|-
|{{THA}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2002|6|18}}
|[[ASEAN]], [[Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation|BIMSTEC]], [[Mekong–Ganga Cooperation|MGC]]
|-
|{{TUR}}<ref name=turkeyjoin/><ref group="t" name="Europe"/>
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2013|9|26}}
|''[[Council of Europe|CoE]]'',<ref group="t" name="turkey">Turkey is a [[Accession of Turkey to the European Union|European Union candidate]] since 1999.</ref> [[Economic Cooperation Organization|ECO]], [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]]
|-
|{{UAE}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2004|6|21}}
|[[Gulf Cooperation Council|GCC]], [[Arab League|AL]]
|-
|{{UZB}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2006|6|5}}
|[[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]], [[Economic Cooperation Organization|ECO]], [[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation|SCO]]
|-
|{{VIE}}
|style="text-align:right"|{{dts|format=dmy|2002|6|18}}
|[[ASEAN]], [[Mekong–Ganga Cooperation|MGC]]
|}

==See also==
*[[Asia Council]]
*[[Asia–Europe Meeting]]
*[[Asian Clearing Union]]
*[[Asian Currency Unit]]
*[[Asian Development Bank]]
*[[Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank]]
*[[Asian Parliamentary Assembly]]
*[[Belt and Road Initiative]]
*[[Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia]]
*[[List of intergovernmental organizations#Regional organizations|Continental regional organizations]]
*[[Continental union]]
*[[East Asia Community]]
*[[Eurasian Economic Union]]
*[[International organization]]
*[[Pan-Asianism]]
*[[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation]]

==Notes==
{{reflist|group="t"}}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929145228/http://www.au2010.org/backgroundarticles.htm Why We Need an Asian Union]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927074123/http://www.nira.go.jp/newse/paper/japan-eu/pdf/berkofsky.pdf European Policy Centre (2005-01): EU and Asian Integration Processes Compared]
*[https://www.theguardian.com/burma/story/0,13373,1457342,00.html The Guardian (2005-04-12): Hopes and Fears of an Asian Union]
*[http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/17/news/edbowring.php International Herald Tribune (2005-06-18): Toward an 'Asian Union'?]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051028003825/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GJ01Ad01.html Asia Times (2005-10-01): Hedging China with FTAs]
*[http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/16/opinion/edbowring.php International Herald Tribune (2005-12-16): An Asian Union? Not Yet]
*[http://www.acddialogue.com/news/articles_detail.php?ID=79 Bangkok Post (2006-05-19): Towards a Truly Pan-Asian Community]
*[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-04/21/content_856317.htm China Daily (2007-04-21): Asian Integration Still a Long Way Off]
*[http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=230053 Tehran Times (2010-03-14): Ahmadinejad Proposes Establishment of Asian Union]

==External links==
*[http://www.acd-dialogue.org/ Asia Cooperation Dialogue]
*[http://aric.adb.org/ Asia Regional Integration Center]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20161001154333/http://au2010.org/ Association for Asian Union]
*[http://www.boaoforum.org/ Boao Forum for Asia]
*[http://www.newasiaforum.org/ New Asia Forum]
*[http://www.asianintegration.com/ Society for Asian Integration]

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