PH Participates in ASEAN-Republic of Korea Dialogue
Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for ASEAN Affairs and Director General of the ASEAN-Philippines National Secretariat Junever M. Mahilum-West (third from left, representing Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Policy and Philippine SOM Leader Enrique A. Manalo, joins ASEAN and Republic of Korea Senior Officials and the ASEAN Secretariat at the 23rd ASEAN-ROK Dialogue held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam on 02-03 July 2019. Brunei Darussalam’s Permanent Secretary Emaleen Abdul Rahman Teo (seventh from left ) and ROK’s Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoon Soon-gu (sixth from the left) co-chaired the meeting. (Brunei PE photo)
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN 10 July 2019 — The Philippines, represented by Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for ASEAN Affairs and Director General of the ASEAN-Philippines National Secretariat Junever M. Mahilum-West participated in the the 23rd ASEAN-ROK Dialogue on 02 to 03 July 2019 in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam.
Brunei Darussalam, country coordinator for ASEAN-Republic of Korea (ROK) Dialogue Relations hosted the meeting.
Senior officials from the ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States and the ASEAN Secretariat met their counterparts from ROK to discuss the progress of cooperation under the Plan of Action to Implement the Joint Declaration on ASEAN-Republic of Korea Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity.
The Dialogue also built on the results, decisions and proposals made at the 20th ASEAN-ROK Summit held on 14 November 2018 in Singapore. The Meeting discussed various regional and international issues as well as the preparations for the forthcoming ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit in Busan on 25-26 November 2019 to mark the 30 years of ASEAN-ROK Dialogue Relations.
The next level of discussions will be in Bangkok at the 52nd ASEAN Ministerial Meetings and Post Ministerial Conferences in August. END
Assistant Secretary Mahilum-West delivers her intervention at the meeting. (Brunei PE photo)
ASEAN-ROK Senior Officials and members of their delegation during discussions at the 23rd ASEAN-Republic of Korea Dialogue held on 03 July 2019 at the International Convention Center in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam.
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