PR-5-2025

19 February 2025, Ottawa – The ASEAN Committee in Ottawa (ACO) met for the first time in 2025 at the Royal Ottawa Golf Club to plan for its activities for the first half of the year. Under the Chairmanship of the Royal Thai Embassy, the ACO intends to work closer with Canada’s parliament in advancing shared priorities within Canada and the Indo-Pacific region.

Senators Yuen Pau Woo and Flordeliz (Gigi) Osler shared their insights on promoting greater awareness of ASEAN’s importance to Canada and the region. Both the ACO and the Senators committed to raising the profile of the Canada-ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group as ASEAN’s partner in Canada’s government and Canada’s representative at the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Association (AIPA).