The Lao Permanent Representative to ASEAN handed over the chairmanship of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) next year to his Philippine counterpart on December 1.
Members of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (Photo: VNA)
Jakarta (VNA) – The Lao Permanent Representative to ASEAN handed over thechairmanship of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) nextyear to his Philippine counterpart at a ceremony in Jakarta on December 1.
Under Laos’chair, the CPR has organised nearly 300 meetings focusing on the realisation ofthe ASEAN Community Vision 2025. As such, notable outcomes have been recorded,including the completion of the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025 (MPAC2025) and of a working plan designed for the third phase of the FrameworkAgreement on the ASEAN Investment Area (AIA), the last two in the set ofdocuments for ASEAN 2025.
The committeehas also optimised the potential of the cooperation mechanism between ASEAN andambassadors to ASEAN from the bloc’s official partner countries.
Currently,9 out of 10 ASEAN dialogue partners have assigned commissioners to theassociation. In 2016, the CPR set up a liaison mechanism among East Asianambassadors in ASEAN region to better implement agreements and decisions oftheir high-ranking leaders.
In her speechat the ceremony, Ambassador Buensuceso of the Philippines vowed to sustain thegains achieved by previous CPR chairs to lead the committee to realise further goals.
She alsopointed to six priorities set for the Philippine chairmanship in 2017 under thetheme of “Partnering for Change, Engaging the World”, which focus on security,marine cooperation and disaster resilience, among others.
In 2017,ASEAN will celebrate its 50th founding anniversary and other anniversaries ofdialogue relations with the US, Canada, EU, India and ASEAN Plus Three.
Witnessingthe ceremony, Secretary-General of ASEAN Le Luong Minh hailed the CPR’s outcomesgained under the Laos’ chairmanship and urged the new chair to continue consolidatingsolidarity in the community and boosting international partnerships.-VNA
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Members of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (Photo: VNA) 
