PH Chairs ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials Meeting
24 May 2017, Manila – The Philippines hosted the ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials Meeting (APT SOM) in Manila on 23 May 2017 attended by representatives from the ASEAN Member States and from the People’s Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea. This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the ASEAN Plus Three Cooperation which will culminate with the 20th ASEAN Plus Three Summit in November 2017 integral to the Philippines’ hosting of the 31st ASEAN Summit on 10-14 November 2017.
The Senior Officials of the 10 ASEAN Members States (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) and the Plus Three Countries (People’s Republic of China, Japan and Republic of Korea) attended the said meeting.
The Meeting was chaired by the Acting Philippine SOM Leader, Assistant Secretary Ma. Hellen B. De La Vega of the Office of ASEAN Affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Elizabeth Buensuceso, Chair of the CPR, Philippine Representative to ASEAN also joined the Philippine SOM Leader in the meeting. END