The newly-accredited US Ambassador to ASEAN, Nina Hachigian made the statement when she presented her credentials to ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh in Jakarta, Indonesia on November 3.
US Ambassador to ASEAN, Nina Hachigian.
Hachigian affirmed that she is willing to work closely with the ASEAN Secretariat and its member nations in a series of co-operation programmes, including the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) and climate change initiatives.Minh appreciated the US’s strong engagement in the Asian Pacific region, stressing that the growing relations between ASEAN and the US contributes significantly to creating a favourable environment for promoting peace, stability and development in the region.
The two officials shared the hope that the upcoming US-ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit would help further the bilateral relations.
The US became an ASEAN dialogue partner in 1977. ASEAN, founded on August 8, 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand comprises ten members: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
