ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
On 21 February 2024, the representatives from the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) visited the APTERR Secretariat to discuss on the APTERR programmes. During the meeting, Dr. Abdul Jalil, Assistance CEO of the SFA, together with Mr. Calvin Han, Deputy Director of Joint Operations Division, and Mr. Chun Ho Yi, Assistant Director of Joint Operations Division, expressed an interest in utilising the APTERR mechanism, including Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3, to ensure food security in Singapore. In this regard, Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager (GM) of the APTERR Secretariat, provided the SFA with a brief introduction about APTERR activities and its programmes along with the explanation for SFA’s inquiries. Moreover, Dr. Roehlano Briones, a consultant from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) who was visiting the APTERR Secretariat for conducting a review project with the APTERR Secretariat, participated in the meeting and shared his technical views on the APTERR programmes.
Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager of the APTERR Secretariat, together with Mr. Akinori Ando, Japanese Expert, and the APTERR staff attended the trilateral discussion with the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE), Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand, and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on the role of Thailand in APTERR held on 20 February 2024 at the Secretariat office.
On 21 February 2024, the APTERR Secretariat had a great opportunity to welcome and have a meeting with the representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan led by Mr. Norikazu Suzuki, the State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, at the APTERR Secretariat. The meeting focused on the APTERR activities, especially Tier 1 and Tier 3 programmes. Both sides discussed and exchanged views on the APTERR activities with the fruitful and positive outcomes
The APTERR Secretariat led by General Manager Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn warmly welcomed Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s consultant team, Ms. Lourdes Adriano and Dr. Roehlano Briones together with ADB’s senior natural resource and agriculture specialist Mr. Shingo Kimura to the Secretariat office on 19 February 2024 in order to discuss on the ATPERR’s operation and activities.
The 21st East Asia Forum was successfully held in Yuxi City, Yunnan Province, the People’s Republic of China (P.R. China) on 29 October 2023. The forum was hosted by Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, P.R. China and was participated by distinguished delegates from the ASEAN Plus Three (APT) countries, Timor-Leste and related organisations: ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) Secretariat.
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