Ordinary meetings

• Mr Hugo Maria Schally, Adviser for international negotiations, Directorate General for the Environment, European Commission
• Mr Mushtaq Ahmed Memon, Regional Coordinator for Chemicals and Pollution Action, Asia Pacific Regional Office, United Nations Environment Programme UNEP
• Ms Kirana Agustina, Policy Specialist for Global Plastic Action Partnership from World Resources Institute Indonesia

The ASEAN Delegation (DASE) held an exchange of views on "Regional security issues in EU-ASEAN relations"

with Mr Gunnar Wiegand, the EEAS Managing Director, Mr Murray Hiebert, Senior Associate, Southeast Asia Program, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Ms Helena Legarda, Lead Analyst, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS).

Ms NGUYỄN Tường Vân, Secretary-General of ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) made an official visit to Brussels on 28 February 2022 to 01 March 2022. In European Parliament she had meetings with Mr Daniel Caspary, Chair of the ASEAN Delegation, Ms Heidi Hautala, Vice President responsible for relations with Asia, and her counterpart Mr Klaus Welle, EP Secretary General. The discussions focussed on deepening the cooperation between AIPA and the European Parliament and the AIPA Secretariat and the EP Secretariat.

The ASEAN Delegation (DASE) exchanged views, remotely via Interactio, with the Embassies of the ASEAN countries and the EEAS on the EU-ASEAN Strategic Partnership and the EU's Indo-Pacific Strategy.

To this end, introductory remarks were provided by

• H.E. Ambassador of Thailand Sek Wannamethee,
• David Daly, Head of Unit Southeast Asia and Pacific, EEAS
• George Cunningham, Strategic Adviser, EEAS

The ASEAN Delegation (DASE) held a remote meeting via WebEx on EU-ASEAN trade and business opportunities. Emphasis was given on the business perspective.
To this end, the Delegation exchanged views with

• Peter Berz, COM/DG TRADE
• Noel Clehane, EU-ASEAN Business Council
• Alessia Mosca, Secretary-General of the Italia-ASEAN Association

Members from the Committees as well as Ambassadors of the ASEAN countries accredited in Brussels attended the meeting.

• MP Charles Santiago, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights and
• Phil Robertson, Human Rights Watch, Deputy Director Asia

The ASEAN Delegation (DASE) held a remote meeting via WebEx on the Indo-Pacific guidelines of the German Government and on the Asia-Pacific Free Trade Zone RCEP. To this end, the Delegation exchanged views with

• Ambassador Jasper Wieck, Deputy Director General for East Asia, Southeast Asia and Pacific, Federal Foreign Office of Germany and
• Prof Heribert Dieter, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik)

Members and colleagues from the Committees as well as the Ambassadors of the ASEAN countries in Brussels were invited to attend the meeting.