Ambassador Latsamy Keomany, Permanent Representative of Lao PDR to ASEAN, handed over the chairmanship of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) to Ambassador Elizabeth P. Buensuceso, Permanent Representative of the Philippines to ASEAN, in a ceremony witnessed by Secretary-General of ASEAN Le Luong Minh in Jakarta on 2 December 2016.
In her remarks, Ambassador Buensuceso highlighted the thematic priorities and some of the outcome documents for the Philippine chairmanship in 2017 under the theme of “Partnering for Change, Engaging the World.” Noting the big tasks at hand, she expressed hoped to continue the work and sustain the gains achieved by previous CPR chairs with the support of the CPR and the ASEAN Secretariat.
