Asean CPR Chairmanship Handed To Cambodia

Jakarta, Dec 14 (ANTARA) - Capping a productive year of meetings and outreach activities, Indonesia`s Permanent Representative to ASEAN, I Gede Ngurah Swajaya, handed the chairmanship of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) to ASEAN to his Cambodian counterpart, Kan Pharidh, here Tuesday. Indonesia`s past year as the chair of the CPR was marked by several, significant milestones. For example, many documents endorsed and adopted by ASEAN Ministers and Leaders were finalized, the ASEAN Secretariat said in a press statement here on Wednesday. Members of the CPR and the Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Surin Pitsuwan expressed their utmost support to Cambodia in continuing the works of ASEAN and in implementing its priorities set for 2012 under the theme of "One Community, One Destiny". Another key achievement, recognized with Indonesia as Chair, was the closer and stronger integration and cooperation among the ASEAN member states and with its Dialogue Partners and friends. Under its chairmanship, Indonesia not only increased the ASEAN`s international profile but also led the CPR to various provinces in Indonesia to reach out and interact with the people of Indonesia, up-close and personal. Cambodia, as the incoming Chair of ASEAN, hopes to continue the work and sustain gains achieved by its predecessors.