07 December 2016 — Ambassador Elizabeth P. Buensuceso, Permanent Representative of the Philippines to ASEAN, served as moderator and discussant at the recent 3rd Seminar on ROK-ASEAN Socio Cultural Partnership in Busan, Korea, in the second session entitled “2017: the Year of ASEAN-ROK Cultural Exchange celebrating the 50th Anniversary of ASEAN.”
Ambassador Buensuceso was invited by the ROK Mission to ASEAN in her capacity as incoming chair of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR).
Ambassador Buensuceso highlighted the significance of the Philippine chairmanship of ASEAN in 2017, which also coincides with the 50th anniversary of ASEAN and the Year of ASEAN-ROK Cultural Exchanges.
To mark these milestones, she proposed that the following initiatives be done in ROK: lighting of an iconic landmark during from August 01 to 08, 2017, and an ASEAN Street Festival featuring street food and street dancing. She also encouraged ROK to explore other commemorative activities in cooperation with the ASEAN Committee Seoul and the ASEAN-Korea Centre.
Ambassador Buensuceso emphasized that the ROK-initiated ASEAN Culture House, which will be inaugurated in Busan in 2017, will play an important role as a platform to promote and strengthen ASEAN-ROK dialogue relations. END