Others SG SHIN Bong-kil’s Outreach Visit to ASEAN Countries
2013-01-30 ~ 2013-02-04
TCS Secretary-General Amb. Shin Bong-kil travelled to Indonesia, Brunei, and Singapore from January 30 to February 4, 2013 and met His Royal Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Brunei Darussalam (2013 ASEAN Chair Country); Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Le Luong Minh; Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat, Dr. Alan Bollard; Director of ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) Dr. Yoichi Nemoto; Executive Director of the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) Amb. Zhang Yan; as well as three countries’ ambassadors to ASEAN - Amb. Kimihiro Ishikane, Amb. Baek Seong-taek and Amb. Yang Xiuping.
This outreach visit was aimed at establishing cooperative partnerships with ASEAN as well as other regional cooperation mechanisms. Amb. Shin Bong-kil introduced the 1-year achievement of the TCS, and discussed possible ways to jointly promote cooperation in East Asia. All of the dignitaries welcomed the progress of the trilateral cooperation and expressed their expectations for closer cooperative relationships with the TCS.
Courtesy call to His Royal Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Brunei Darussalam
Meeting with H.E. Le Luong Minh,
Secretary-General of ASEAN
Meeting with Dr. Alan Bollard, Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat
Meeting with Dr. Nemoto Yoichi, AMRO Director
Meeting with Amb. Zhang Yan, Executive Director of Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)
