(14-2-2025, Seoul)
H.E. U Thant Sin, Myanmar Ambassador to the Republic of Korea attended the 17th Annual Meeting of the Council of the ASEAN-Korea Centre (AKC) and Gala Dinner held at the Westin Josun Seoul on 13 February 2025. Present at the said meeting were Secretary General of AKC H.E. Mr. Kim Jae-shin, ambassadors and high-ranking officials from ASEAN countries, as well as Mr. Lee Dong-gy, Acting Director-General of ASEAN and Southeast Asia Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea.
At the meeting, the delegates exchanged views and vowed to strengthen the existing cooperation between ASEAN and the Republic of Korea, subsequent to the elevation of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) in 2024. Furthermore, implementations of the AKC’s programs for the year 2025, programs relating to enhancement of trade and investment between ASEAN and ROK, and relocation of the ASEAN Pavilion to promote culture and tourism sector of ASEAN were also discussed.
Then, during the meeting, the Myanmar Ambassador expressed his sincere congratulations to the Malaysian representative who will assume the Chairman of the Council of the AKC for 2025, and appreciated the Korean government for its continued support for the AKC. The Myanmar Ambassador, then, reviewed the activities implemented by the AKC in 2024 and expressed his full support for the proposed work plans and budget for 2025, in line with the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between ASEAN and ROK.
After the meeting, a gala dinner was held at which the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea H.E. Kang Insun, attended and delivered a congratulatory remark on the successful elevation of partnership to a comprehensive strategic level and pledged to strengthen the cooperation between the two sides.
