Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, this afternoon met with Dr. HIRABAYASHI Kunihiko, Secretary-General of the ASEAN-Japan Centre, over a working lunch in Osaka.
During the meeting, Dr. Kao conveyed his appreciation for the ASEAN-Japan Centre’s commitment to bolstering trade, investment, tourism, and people connectivity between Japan and ASEAN, and more recently, in promoting ASEAN’s participation in the World Expo 2025. He also congratulated the AJC on its upcoming 44th anniversary in May, and looked forward to greater synergy with the ASEAN Secretariat.