ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve
The APTERR Secretariat led by Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager (GM) warmly welcomed representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan including Dr. Hideki Hagiwara, Deputy Assistant Minister, Minister’s Secretariat, Mr. Hideyuki Morii, Director and Senior Negotiator, Bilateral Affairs Division, Export and International Affairs Bureau, Ms. Shoko Kasai, Bilateral Affairs Division, Export and International Affairs Bureau together with Mr. Tadayuki Kanenaga from the Embassy of Japan in Thailand at the APTERR Secretariat on 23 February 2024. The APTERR GM and the representatives from MAFF of Japan exchanged views and information on food security in ASEAN Plus Three (APT) region as well as sought further cooperation.
On 7 February 2024, the representatives from the APTERR Secretariat led by Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager attended a Reception to celebrate the Birthday of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan hosted by the Embassy of Japan in Thailand. The Reception was held at Plenary Hall, Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC). Dr. Karnjanakesorn expressed his gratitude to be invited to H.E. Mr. NASHIDA Kazuya, the ambassador of Japan to Thailand.
The APTERR Secretariat led by Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager together with Mr. Akinori Ando, Japanese Expert welcomed Mr. Yuichiro Murahashi, Bureau Chief of the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)’s Bangkok office, and his correspondent Ms. Kaewalin Tanvatcharapanee to the APTERR Secretariat office on 15 January 2024 for greeting, and conferring on the possibility of collaboration.
Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn, General Manager (GM) of APTERR Secretariat was invited by the International Institute for Trade and Development (ITD) of Thailand to be a keynote speaker in addressing a topic of ‘Thailand’s food security in comparison to the ASEAN countries at the conference on ‘Food Security in the Context of Thai Trade’ on 18 December 2023 at Pullman Bangkok Grande Sukhumvit Hotel.
General Manager Dr. Choomjet Karnjanakesorn led a team of APTERR Secretariat to pay a courtesy call on the Philippines’ new Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary H.E. Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. on 16 November 2023 in occasion of attending the ceremonial handover and distribution of 20-MT rice for Japan’s new initiative ‘School Distribution Programme’ under Tier 3 to promote food security in school students in the Philippines.
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