Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, this morning hosted a breakfast meeting in honour of Chargé d’Affaires (CDA) ad interim of the United States Mission to ASEAN, Kate Rebholz, who will be completing her tenure soon. Dr. Kao commended CDA Kate for her active role in promoting closer relations between ASEAN and the United States. Both sides exchanged views on ways to strengthen the ASEAN-United States Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. They also discussed on the preparations for the upcoming ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with the United States and 15th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, scheduled to take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, later this month.
