In his address, the ASEAN Secretary General ASEAN hailed the CPR and its working groups for drafting documents for ASEAN summits and meetings between ASEAN and partners and congratulated Vietnam on assuming the role.

The CPR would successfully carry out priority programmes themed “Cohesive and Responsive” during Vietnam’s ASEAN Chair Year 2020, he added.

In reply, Ambassador and head of the Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to ASEAN Tran Duc Binh, praised Thailand for holding a broad range of activities marking the 10th founding anniversary of the CPR.

He said in its capacity as ASEAN Chair 2020, Vietnam will make greater efforts to further boost ties between ASEAN and partners, raise public awareness of the regional grouping, and chair CPR’s meetings such as meeting of the East Asia Summit ambassadors, meeting of the ASEAN 3 ambassadors, and ASEAN Secretariat’s meetings on budget, tender and audit.

Next year, Vietnam will also chair meetings between the CPR and partner countries in order to review cooperation and draft documents for the ASEAN Summit and ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meetings within the framework of the ASEAN 3, the EAS, the ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Committee, the Governing Council of the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, and the Joint Council of the ASEAN-China Centre.