Thailand accepts the Chair for ASEAN 2019
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Thailand will assume the ASEAN chairmanship next year. ASEAN has ten member states.
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At a press conference today, the Director-General of the Department of Information and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ms. Busadee Santipitak indicated that the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Don Pramudwinai and other senior officials will follow the order of PM Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha to consider measures to support member states in creating an ASEAN brand that reflects the region’s fundamental values. The representative noted that Thailand has played an important role in ASEAN.
“However, the region is facing new challenges, so it should step up its efforts to strengthen and unite the bloc.”
The committee has set out its plans to launch an official website and a debut video that will be shown in the handover ceremony of the ASEAN chairmanship this November. They have agreed to work on raising public awareness of ASEAN and the upcoming summit in 2019 through all channels.
The spokesperson explained that the outcomes of the two meetings will be reported to the PM soon, as Thailand will officially assume the chairmanship on January 1, 2019.
