| Conventional Long Name: | Forum of East Asia-Latin America Cooperation Foro de Cooperación Asia Oriental-América Latina |
| Linking Name: | Forum of East Asia-Latin America Cooperation |
| Org Type: | Regional forum |
| Languages Type: | Working languages |
| Languages: | English and Spanish |
| Membership Type: | Membership |
| Admin Center Type: | Headquarters |
| Admin Center: | Seoul |
| Established: | 1999 |
| Official Website: | Official website |
The Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (Spanish; Castilian: Foro de Cooperación Asia Oriental-América Latina) or (abbreviated as FEALAC) is a regional forum of 36 countries constituting the region of East, Southeast Asia and Latin America that came together to form an official and regular dialogue channel between the two regions.http://www.fealac.org/new/m/index.do
East Asia and Latin America are both composed of developing countries and are economically dynamic and complementary to each other. They follow the global trend of regional cooperation; the need for intercontinental cooperation between East Asia and Latin America arose because there was no official cooperative mechanism bridging the two regions. In 1998, a concrete proposal to enhance the relations of the two regions was initiated by the former Singaporean Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Subsequently, the East Asia-Latin America Forum Senior Officials meeting was held in Singapore in 1998, marking the beginning of the organization.[1]