PH Embassy in Manama Participates in Flag Raising Ceremony to Commemorate 56th Anniversary Of ASEAN
(Left photo) Bahrain Foreign Affairs Ministry Political Affairs Undersecretary Dr. Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, (3rd from right), with the ASEAN Heads of Missions in Bahrain (from left to right) Brunei Charge d’Affaires Nazirah HJ Zaini, Philippine Ambassador Anne Jalando-on Louis, Indonesian Ambassador and Chairman of the ASEAN Committee Manama Bahrain (ACMB) Ardi Hermawan, Malaysian Ambassador Shazryll Zahiran, and Thai Ambassador and Vice Chairman of ACMB Piyapak Sricharoen at the ASEAN Flag Raising Ceremony held at the Indonesian Residence in Saar, Bahrain, on 30 August 2023. (Right photo) The ASEAN Flag being raised to commemorate ASEAN Day. (Photo by Manama PE)
MANAMA 04 September 2023 – The Philippine Embassy in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, led by Ambassador Anne Jalando-on Louis, participated in the ASEAN Flag Raising Ceremony organized by the ASEAN Committee Manama Bahrain (ACMB) to commemorate the 56th anniversary of ASEAN at the Indonesian Official Residence in Saar, Bahrain, on 30 August 2023. This year’s theme for ASEAN Day is “ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth”.
The ACMB is currently headed by Indonesian Ambassador Ardi Hermawa as Chairman, and Thai Ambassador Piyapak Sricharoen Vice Chairman. The other two ACMB members are Malaysian Ambassador Shazryll Zahiran and Brunei Chargé d’Affaires Nazira HJ Zaini.
Political Affairs Undersecretary Dr. Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain was the guest of honor at the ceremony.
United Nations Resident Coordinator Khaled El Mekwad and representatives from the ASEAN Bahrain Council (ABC) and the Bahrain Indonesia Friendship and Business Society also attended the event.
At the program for the flag raising ceremony, Ambassador Hermawan highlighted the strong and robust bilateral relations of the ASEAN member-countries with Bahrain as well as the relations between the ASEAN and the GCC. He also mentioned the activities that the ACMB plans to hold in the coming months to develop an even more active engagement between the ACMB and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other stakeholders in Bahrain, including the business community.
Undersecretary Dr Shaikh Abdulla underscored the growing relations between Bahrain and ASEAN and between ASEAN and the GCC region. He reaffirmed Bahrain’s commitment to further enhance its relations and cooperation with ASEAN.
Ambassador Louis was accompanied at the event by Ms. Redina C. Manlapaz, Welfare Officer and OIC of MWO-Bahrain, and Attachés Kristel Ann T. Mendoza, Jeymar A. Cabrera, and Linoernbar D. Blanco of the Embassy.
The program was followed by a breakfast featuring various dishes from the ASEAN Diplomatic Missions in Bahrain. END
(Left photo) H.E. Ardi Hermawan, Ambassador of Indonesia and Chairman of the ASEAN Committee Manama Bahrain, delivers his remarks during the program for the ASEAN flag raising ceremony. (Right photo) In his speech, H.E. Dr. Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain, reaffirmed Bahrain’s commitment to further strengthen its bilateral relations with the ASEAN member-countries as well as with the ASEAN region. (Photo by Manama PE)
Ambassador Anne Jalando-on Louis (center) with Ms. Redina C. Manlapaz, Welfare Officer and Officer-in-Charge of the Migrant Workers Office - Bahrain, and Embassy Attachés (from left to right) Ms. Kristel Ann T. Mendoza, Mr. Jeymar A. Cabrera and Mr. Linoernbar D. Blanco at the ASEAN Flag Raising Ceremony. (Photo by Manama PE)
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