PH Ambassador to Iran Assumes ASEAN Tehran Committee Chairmanship
Philippine Ambassador to Iran Wilfredo C. Santos receives the ASEAN Flag from Chargé d’Affaires Mohd Nizam bin Halimi of Malaysia signaling the turnover of the chairmanship of the ASEAN Tehran Committee to the Philippine Embassy in Iran from the Malaysian counterpart, on 07 June 2021 at the Philippine Embassy. (Tehran PE photo)
TEHRAN 07 June 2021 – Philippine Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran Wilfredo C. Santos assumed the ASEAN Tehran Committee (ATC) chairmanship from the outgoing Chair, former Malaysian Ambassador to Iran Dato’ Rustam Yahaya, who was represented by Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., Mohd Nizam bin Halimi of the Embassy of Malaysia, at the Philippine Embassy in Iran on 07 June 2021. The Philippines will serve as ACT Chairperson for six months.
The ATC Turnover Ceremony was also attended by ACT Heads of Mission Ambassador Pengiran Abdul Samad HJ Metasan of Brunei Darussalam, Ambassador Ronny Prasetyo Yuliantoro of Indonesia, Ambassador Nguyen Manh Hien of Viet Nam, and Chargé d’Affaires, a.i Wararoj Engsombun of Thailand. Around 10 members of the ATC Working Group, mostly Deputies, witnessed the event.
The ACT is one of the 54 ASEAN Committees in Third Countries and International Organisations (ACTCs) that have been fully endorsed and formally established in the national capitals and other key cities around the world with the aim to promote ASEAN's interests and identity in the concerned host countries or international organisations. It is comprised of six ASEAN Member States: Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Viet Nam. END
Heads of Mission of the ASEAN Tehran Committee (ACT) assume ASEAN handshake during the ACT Turnover Ceremony at the Philippine Embassy in Iran on 07 June 2021. From left: Ambassador Pengiran Abdul Samad HJ Metasan of Brunei Darussalam, Ambassador Ronny Prasetyo Yuliantoro of Indonesia, Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., Mohd Nizam bin Halimi of Malaysia, Ambassador Wilfredo C. Santos of the Philippines, Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Wararoj Engsombun of Thailand, and Ambassador Nguyen Manh Hien of Viet Nam. (Tehran PE photo)
ASEAN Tehran Committee (ACT) Technical Working Group with new ACT Chair Ambassador Wilfredo C. Santos (fifth from left) during the ACT Turnover Ceremony at the Philippine Embassy in Iran on 07 June 2021. (Tehran PE photo)
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