Tokyo, 19 September 2011 Dr Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General of ASEAN recently met Japan's new Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, Mr Yukio Edano in Tokyo to discuss a wide range of economic cooperation issues between ASEAN and Japan. Their discussion centered around the current status of Japan's economy, the development of an ASEAN-Japan [...]
Jakarta, 19 September 2011 Approximately 10,000 shoppers from Jakarta feasted on a wide spread of food from ASEAN Member States and Dialogue Partners in Kelapa Gading over the weekend. The first ASEAN Plus Culinary Festival 2011 was jointly organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia – Indonesia is the Chair of ASEAN this [...]
Jakarta, 14 September 2011 Dr Surin Pitsuwan welcomed Mr Latsamy Keomany as the new Permanent Representative of Lao PDR to ASEAN, here this week. During the presentation of his letter of credentials to Dr Surin, Ambassador Keomany commended Dr Surin's leadership, saying that it has contributed to the success of ASEAN's response to regional and [...]
Jakarta, 14 September 2011 H.E. Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General of ASEAN, and H.E. Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, EU Commissioner for International Cooperation on Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, this week discussed a wide range of cooperation between ASEAN and EU. Discussion especially evolved around sharing of experiences and expertise, as well as joint exercises on disaster [...]
Jakarta, 14 September 2011 The Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, received credentials from H.E. Mr. Murat Adali, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to ASEAN on 12 September 2011. Mr. Adali expressed his honour and pleasure in being accredited as the Ambassador of Turkey to ASEAN. He underlined potential for cooperation and development between [...]
Jakarta, 14 September 2011 H.E. Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General of ASEAN, received Letter of Credentials from H.E. Mr. Ahmed Alkwesny, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to ASEAN. Ambassador Alkwesny expressed his gratitude to ASEAN for approving his accreditation and committed himself to work closer with the Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) and the [...]