Caption: (front row, left to right: Ambassador Kyaw Myo Htut (Myanmar), Ambassador Teuku Faizasyah (Indonesia), Ambassador Vijavat Isatabhakdi (Thailand), Ambassador Petronila Garcia (Philippines), High Commissioner Dato’ Aminahtun Karim Shaharudin (Malaysia), High Commissioner Pengiran Kamal Bashah Pengiran Ahmad (Brunei), and Ambassador Nguyen Duc Hoa (Vietnam).

31 July 2017, Ottawa - Philippine Ambassador to Canada Petronila P. Garcia chaired the 253rd Meeting of the Heads of Mission of the ASEAN Committee in Ottawa (ACO) held today at the Mindanao Hall of the Philippine Embassy in Canada. The ACO is composed of the High Commission of Brunei Darussalam, the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, the High Commission of Malaysia, the Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines, the Embassy of the Kingdom of Thailand, and the Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

The Philippine Embassy is chair of the ACO from July to December 2017.—END--