06 October 2016 — Philippine Defense Secretary General Delfin Lorenzana and Madam Lorenzana were special guests during the dinner hosted by Philippine Consul General Gina Jamoralin at the official residence on October 1. The Consuls General of Australia,  New Zealand, Japan and South Korea and their spouses and officials from the U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Embassy in Manila also attended the dinner.

Secretary Lorenzana arrived in Honolulu for the ASEAN-US Informal Meeting of Defense Ministers from September 29 to October 01,  upon the invitation of U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter. Secretary Lorenzana had meetings with his ASEAN counterparts and U.S. Defense Secretary Carter to discuss defense and security issues. This is the second time that Honolulu is hosting the ASEAN-US Defense Ministers Meeting since its first  meeting on April 01-03, 2014 hosted by then-U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.

Accompanying Secretary Lorenzana to the meeting were officials from the Department of National Defense, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. and Philippine Consulate in Honolulu. END