The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) and the Asia Society Philippines hosted on Friday the first of a three-part dialogue series that aims to educate on the three pillars of Association of Southeast Asian Nations – “Asean 2017 Dialogues: “One Asean, Safer Together” – at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) in Makati City. The dialogue was presented by Asean 2017’s Committee on Media Affairs and Strategic Communications (CMASC), which was represented in the event by PCOO Undersecretary and CMASC Chair Noel Puyat. These include regional security, cyber-security, non-traditional security in the context of Asean, as well as other benefits and challenges of being part of the regional organization. With the DFA being the lead agency for the Asean Political-Security Pillar, De La Vega opened the dialogue with a brief background on regional security cooperation. The Asean 2017 Dialogues will hold subsequent ones on topics relating to the economic and socio-cultural pillars of the regional bloc.

Source: Manila Times June 17, 2017 15:22 UTC