On 15 May 2024, Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Embassy of Malaysia in Baghdad hosted an informal meeting of the ASEAN Committee in Iraq at the Babylon Rotana Hotel, Baghdad. The meeting saw the participation of the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Iraq, H.E. Elmar Irwan Lubis, and the Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to Iraq, H.E. Charlie Manangan y Pacaña. The purpose of the meeting was to facilitate regular engagement among ASEAN diplomats, allowing them to exchange information on Iraq's political-security, economic, and socio-cultural developments.
