The 15th ASEAN summit begins tomorrow in Thailand's central resort town of Hua Hin. The three-day Summit and related events will be attended by ten leaders from ASEAN member countries together with the leaders of the six dialogue partners including India. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will arrive tomorrow evening on a three-day visit to take part in the Seventh India-ASEAN Summit and the 16-nation East Asia Summit. In August this year, India and ASEAN signed a Free Trade Agreement on goods and now both the sides are looking forward to ink a similar pact in the field of services and investment.A significant aspect of Dr Singh's visit will be his meeting with Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the summit. Both the leaders will meet against the backdrop of increased tensions over the long-running boundary question. China recently criticized Dr Singh's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, while New Delhi voiced concern over Chinese involvement in projects in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir among other issues.The ASEAN summit will adopt over 15 documents on various key issues. They include Declarations on Human Rights, Education, Climate Change and Connectivity. The draft statement on climate change reflects a unified response of ASEAN member states in addressing the problem of climate change. The statement will be significant in view of the forthcoming Global summit on Climate Change at Copenhagen in Denmark.Apart from the above-mentioned documents, the Hua Hin Statement on ASEAN plus Three Cooperation on Food Security and Bio-Energy Development and a separate Statement on East Asia Summit Disaster Management will be issued by the participating leaders.Other issues affecting the well-being of the peoples including energy security, financial stability, pandemics as well as disaster management will also be discussed in the upcoming summit.Thailand has deployed over 36,000 military and police to guard a summit of Asian leaders, working to prevent any repeat of disruptions that shut down another meeting earlier this year. An official said this at Cha-am, in Thailand today. The government is still smarting from storming of East Asian Summit in April in seaside city Pattaya, where anti- government protesters charged through thin police ranks and forced evacuation of several leaders by helicopter and boat. A main protest organiser said no new demonstrations are planned this week. Leaders of 16 Asian and Pacific nations, including Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, will gather tomorrow for an annual conference of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Cha-am, a beach resort 200 kms south of Bangkok. About half of the security forces mobilised have thrown a security cordon around this summit venue, and the others will be on alert in the Thai capital, said government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn. He said 20 newly bought bulletproof SUV's will chauffeur leaders to their meetings. The three-day conference includes the annual gathering of the 10-member ASEAN leaders and those of China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand.