DOTR Secretary Attends the 23rd ASEAN Transport Ministers Meeting
18 October 2017 SINGAPORE - Secretary Arthur P. Tugade of the Department of Transportation was in Singapore to attend the 23rd ASEAN Transport Ministers Meeting (ATMM) at Marina Bay Sands on 12-13 October.
Transport Ministers from the ASEAN are expected to adopt several agreements to liberalize the region’s air services and improve the safety and efficiency of air travel in the region and beyond.
The 23rd annual ASEAN Transport Ministers Meeting and associated meetings with dialogue partners-China, Japan and the Republic of Korea highlighted the discussions that began last October 09, 2017 and that involved about 200 delegates from the 10 ASEAN member states and the three dialogue partner countries.
Secretary Tugade also had a meeting with his counterpart from Lao PDR prior to the plenary session on the second day of the ATMM. END