ASEAN 40th anniversary
Read MoreMinister for Foreign Affairs the Hon Julie Bishop MP, Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario and ASEAN Secretary-General Le Luong Minh, together with the Ambassadors of ASEAN member states in the Philippines joined hands the ASEAN Way during the official launch of the 40th anniversary of the ASEAN-Australia Dialogue Partnership in Manila on 20 February 2014.
Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon Julie Bishop MP and the ASEAN Secretary-General, H.E. Mr Le Luong Minh and Madame Nguyen Thanh Huong with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon Bronwyn Bishop MP, ASEAN Ambassadors to Canberra and Australia’s Ambassador to ASEAN, Mr Simon Merrifield in Canberra on 19 March 2014.
ASEAN Committee of Permanent Representatives visit to Australia
The ASEAN Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) met with Minister for Foreign Affairs the Hon Julie Bishop MP and Minister for Trade and Investment the Hon Andrew Robb AO MP on 29 May in Canberra. The CPR’s first visit to Australia 27 May – 1 June 2014 included activities in Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney.
Group photo of delegates from the 2014 ISIS Forum. Leftright Associate Professor Dr Thitinan Pongsudhirak; Director of ISIS Thailand; Ms Gwen Robinson; Senior Fellow at ISIS Thailand and Senior Editor at Nikkei Asian Review; Ambassador James Wise; Dr John Blaxland; Senior Fellow at Strategic and Defence Studies Centre; Australian National University; Ambassador Pradap Pibulsonggram; Thailands Representative to the ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Committee; Mr Kavi Chongkittavorn; Senior Fellow at ISIS Thailand; Mr Umesh Pandey; Editor of the Bangkok Post Asia Focus.