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Report on the Articles of Agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) stems from an initiative by China, joined by the parties to the Memorandum of Understanding of October 24, 2014 (MOU), recognizing the importance of infrastructure to the development of Asia and the need for considerable additional long-term financing for infrastructure in the region.
A Special Ministerial Meeting of the signatories to the MOU set up a forum to prepare the establishment of the AIIB, the Chief Negotiators’ Meetings, joined by representatives of the parties to the MOU. These parties, having signed or later endorsed the MOU, are the Prospective Founding Members of the AIIB, to become Founding Members following their signature and ratification of the AIIB Articles of Agreement (the AIIB Articles).
The first Chief Negotiators’ Meeting took place in Kunming, China in November 2014.1 The second Chief Negotiators’ Meeting took place in Mumbai, India in January 2015, co-chaired by India.2 The third Chief Negotiators’ Meeting took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan in March 2015, co-chaired by Kazakhstan.3 The fourth Chief Negotiators’ Meeting took place in Beijing, China in April 2015.4 The fifth Chief Negotiators’ Meeting took place in Singapore in May 2015, cochaired by Singapore.5 The final text of the Articles of Agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank was adopted on May 22, 2015 at the Singapore meeting.
During the discussions on the draft AIIB Articles, the representatives came to the view that certain formulations in the text represented general understandings which needed to be recorded. It was therefore agreed that a report summarizing these understandings would form part of the AIIB’s basic documents, for future reference in interpreting the AIIB Articles. The explanatory paragraphs attached to this introduction should be viewed against that background.
Chief Negotiators for Establishing the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Singapore May 22, 2015
1 Prospective Founding Members: Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.
2 Maldives, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia and Tajikistan joined as Prospective Founding Members.
3 Jordan, Luxembourg, Switzerland and the United Kingdom joined as Prospective Founding Members.
4 Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Iceland, Iran, Israel, Italy, Korea, Kyrgyz Republic, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates joined as Prospective Founding Members.
5 Representatives from all Prospective Founding Members participated.