Secretary-General of ASEAN to conduct working visit to UK
At the invitation of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom (UK), Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn will lead the ASEAN Secretariat’s delegation to a working visit to the UK on 1-3 November.
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| Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn received the Minister of State for Indo-Pacific in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office of the UK the Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP on October 2, 2023. (Photo: ASEAN Secretariat) |
On this visit, Dr Kao Kim Hourn is scheduled to meet with key high-level figures from the UK’s government and private sector with an aim to beef up cooperation in all priority areas covering political-security, economic, and socio-cultural fronts between ASEAN and the UK.
To promote ASEAN diplomacy and visibility, Dr Kao will visit the University of Oxford where he will give a special lecture on “The Future of ASEAN: Challenges and Opportunities Beyond 2025.”
In early October, Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn received the Minister of State for Indo-Pacific in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office of the UK the Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP at the ASEAN Secretariat. The two sides exchanged views on ways to enhance the ASEAN-UK Dialogue Partnership and discussed preparations for Dr Kao Kim Hourn’s upcoming working visit to the UK in November 2023.
Before coming to the UK, Dr Kao Kim Hourn had a long trip to Japan (October 24-29, 2023), holding bilateral meetings with key cabinet members of Japan including Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko.
The head of the ASEAN Secretariat attended the 5th ASEAN-Japan Smart Cities Network High Level Meeting and the ASEAN-Japan Tourism Ministers’ Special Dialogue in 2023.
This visit took place at an important juncture as ASEAN and Japan celebrate the 50th anniversary of their dialogue relations this year. Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa recently visited a series of ASEAN countries including Brunei, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand from October 8-13.
