The ministers of Asian-African countries walk to the podium for a group photo before the Asian-African Ministerial Meeting during the Asian-African Conference Commemoration 2015 in the Jakarta Convention Center in Indonesia, April 20, 2015. Ministers of Asia and Africa held a meeting here on Monday in preparation for the Asian-African Summit 2015, which runs from April 22 to April 23. [Photo/Xinhua]

This year's event is featuring the theme of Reinvigorating of the NAASP.

The upcoming summit and the commemoration are to "herald a new chapter" for the Asian-African cooperation, said the Indonesian foreign minister.

She said the event will enable Asia and Africa to enhance the structural and systematic cooperation.

The first Asian-African Conference, also known as the Bandung Conference, was held in Indonesia in 1955, hosting delegations from 29 countries discussing major international issues.

The 1955 conference signaled the emergence of the developing countries as a rising force in the world arena, resulted in the nonaligned movement and the formation of the Third World.

A declaration was issued at the conference, containing 10 principles for handling international relations which was termed as the Bandung Spirit.

The Indonesian foreign ministry said 33 heads of state and government as well as representatives from 77 countries have confirmed their participation at the summit and the commemoration activities.