Others SG IWATANI Shigeo’s Outreach Visit to ASEAN
2015-03-02 ~ 2015-03-06
TCS
Secretary-General Iwatani Shigeo visited Malaysia, Singapore, and
Indonesia from March 2nd to 6th, 2015, with a view to strengthening TCS’
partnership with relevant organizations and institutions and enhancing
TCS’ role in East Asia Cooperation.
During
the trip, SG Iwatani paid courtesy visits to Secretary-General Othman
Bin Hashim of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, and
Secretary-General Le Luong Minh of ASEAN Secretariat. SG Iwatani briefed
them on the latest development of trilateral cooperation and TCS major
activities, and asked for their continued support for TCS’ participation
in the ASEAN+3 process.
SG
Iwatani also met with the heads of missions of the ROK, Japan and China
to ASEAN – Ambassador BAEK Seong-taek, Ambassador Koichi Aiboshi, and
Chargé d’ Affaires Mr. LU Jing – to discuss possible ways to promote
coordination among the three countries in their cooperation with ASEAN.
In
addition, SG Iwatani visited ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic and Research Office
(AMRO), Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed
Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) Information Sharing Centre (ISC),
and Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia.
SG Iwatani and the dignitary of each organization exchanged views and
agreed to explore potential agendas for regional cooperation in the
relevant functional areas.
Meeting with Datuk Othman Bin Hashim, Secretary-General of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia
Courtesy Call to H.E. Le Luong Minh, Secretary-General of ASEAN Secretariat
Meeting with Dato’ Steven CM Wong, Deputy Chief-Executive of ISIS Malaysia
Meeting with Mr. Yoichi Nemoto, Director of AMRO
Meeting with Mr. Yoshihisa Endo (the center at the left side), Executive Director of ReCAAP ISC