President
Benigno S. Aquino III will leave for Busan, South Korea to attend this week‘s
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - Republic of Korea (ROK) 25th
Commemorative Summit, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday.
President Aquino will be joining his fellow ASEAN leaders for the summit, to be held on December 11 to 12 in celebration of 25 years of relations between the ASEAN and South Korea, said the DFA.
The President and other ASEAN leaders will deliver their respective country statements on the theme, “Building Trust, Bringing Happiness," reflecting ROK’s commitment to strengthen its relationship with the ASEAN through trust, which should result in happiness for the citizens of the ASEAN and South Korea.
On December 11, President Aquino is scheduled to have a bilateral meeting with his South Korean counterpart, President Park Geun-hye, who will host a welcome dinner and cultural performance to officially welcome the ASEAN leaders.
The two commemorative summit sessions on December 12 at the Busan Exhibition Convention Centre (BEXCO) will cover the review of the ASEAN-ROK cooperation and its future direction, and the cooperation on non-traditional security issues with emphasis on climate change and disaster risk management, said the DFA.
While in Busan, President Aquino is also expected to attend an exhibition on Korean traditional arts and crafts, a special exhibition on public governance, and a meet-and-greet with the chief executive officer of Korea Aerospace Industries and ROK officials.
President Park will also host the Leaders’ Luncheon on the second day of the commemorative summit.
The DFA said President Aquino will also have a coffee meeting with the Philippine media delegation before heading back to Manila.
In 25 years, the ROK has engaged the ASEAN in various areas of cooperation of mutual interest, including micro, small and medium enterprises; labor and migration; trade and investment; development cooperation; and people-to-people exchange.
President Aquino will be joining his fellow ASEAN leaders for the summit, to be held on December 11 to 12 in celebration of 25 years of relations between the ASEAN and South Korea, said the DFA.
The President and other ASEAN leaders will deliver their respective country statements on the theme, “Building Trust, Bringing Happiness," reflecting ROK’s commitment to strengthen its relationship with the ASEAN through trust, which should result in happiness for the citizens of the ASEAN and South Korea.
On December 11, President Aquino is scheduled to have a bilateral meeting with his South Korean counterpart, President Park Geun-hye, who will host a welcome dinner and cultural performance to officially welcome the ASEAN leaders.
The two commemorative summit sessions on December 12 at the Busan Exhibition Convention Centre (BEXCO) will cover the review of the ASEAN-ROK cooperation and its future direction, and the cooperation on non-traditional security issues with emphasis on climate change and disaster risk management, said the DFA.
While in Busan, President Aquino is also expected to attend an exhibition on Korean traditional arts and crafts, a special exhibition on public governance, and a meet-and-greet with the chief executive officer of Korea Aerospace Industries and ROK officials.
President Park will also host the Leaders’ Luncheon on the second day of the commemorative summit.
The DFA said President Aquino will also have a coffee meeting with the Philippine media delegation before heading back to Manila.
In 25 years, the ROK has engaged the ASEAN in various areas of cooperation of mutual interest, including micro, small and medium enterprises; labor and migration; trade and investment; development cooperation; and people-to-people exchange.
After being a sectoral dialogue partner in 1989, the ROK became a full dialogue partner in 1991. In 2010, the ASEAN-ROK dialogue relations were upgraded to a strategic partnership.
President Aquino will be accompanied by Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. del Rosario and other members of the Cabinet, ASEAN-Philippines Director-General Luis T. Cruz, and other officials of the executive department. (PCOO News Release)
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