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ASEAN Regional Forum Directory As of March 2021 ARF Participants Foreign Ministers Senior Officials ISG Officials Senator the Hon. Ms Marise Mr. Justin Hayhurst Ms. Lauren Bain Payne Deputy Secretary Assistant Secretary Minister of Foreign Affairs Department of Foreign Affairs ASEAN and Regional Architecture AUSTRALIA Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Branch, Department of Foreign and Trade Affairs and Trade Tel: +61 2 6261 3611 E-mail: Tel: +6261 5680 [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen, MP Mr. Masud Bin Momen Foreign Ms. Nahida Rahman Shumona Foreign Minister Ministry of Secretary Ministry of Foreign Foreign Affairs Affairs Director General Fax: 880 2 9562723 (Regional Organizations) Ministry of Foreign Affairs BANGLADESH Segun Bagicha, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh Tel: +8802 9559917, Cell: 017-9606-3762, Fax: +8802 9572259 E-mail: [email protected] ; [email protected] Website: http://mofa.gov.bd/ The Honourable Dato Erywan H.E. Emaleen Abdul Rahman Mr. Garry Ibrahim Pehin Yusof Teo BRUNEI DARUSSALAM Director-General Minister of Foreign Affairs II Permanent Secretary ASEAN-Brunei Darussalam Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs H.E. Mr. PRAK Sokhonn H.E. EAT Sophea H.E. Mr. SIM Vireak Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State Director-General of General CAMBODIA Minister of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Department of ASEAN, Ministry and International International Cooperation of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation International Cooperation Page 1 of 7 ARF Participants Foreign Ministers Senior Officials ISG Officials Hon. Marc Garneau Mr. Kevin Hamilton Ms. Jodie McGrath Minister of Foreign Affairs Director General Deputy Director International Security Policy Defence and Security Relations CANADA Bureau Division Global Affairs Canada Global Affairs Canada E-mail: E-mail: Jodie.McGrath@international. Kevin.Hamilton@international. gc.ca gc.ca H.E. Mr. WANG Yi H.E. Mr. LUO Zhaohui Ms. FANG Hong State Councilor and Minister Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General of the CHINA of Foreign Affairs of the of the People’s Republic of Department of Asian Affairs, People's Republic of China China Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China H.E. Mr. Ri Son Gwon H.E. Mr. Jo Chol Su Mr. Mun Jong Chol Minister of Foreign Affairs Director-General Director DPRK Department of International Department of International Organizations Organizations DEMOCRATIC Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF DPRK DPRK KOREA Tel: +62 21 3190 8425, Tel: +62 21 3190 8425, Fax: +62 21 3190 8445, Fax: +62 21 3190 8445 E-mail: E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] H.E. Josep BORRELL Gunnar WIEGAND David Daly FONTELLES Managing Director for Asia Head of Division High Representative of the Pacific South-East Asia Union for Foreign Affairs and European External Action European External Action Service EUROPEAN UNION Security Policy / Vice Service Asia Pacific Department President of the European Fax: +32 2 584 3110 E-mail: Commission E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]. eu Page 2 of 7 ARF Participants Foreign Ministers Senior Officials ISG Officials H.E Mr. S. Jaishankar, Ms. Riva Ganguly Das Mr. Anmol Sher Singh Bedi Secretary (East) External Affairs Minister, Under Secretary Government of India Ministry of External Affairs Disarmament & International INDIA Government of India Security Affairs Division Tel: +91-11-23012760, Ministry of External Affairs 23012370 Government of India Fax: +91-11-23794139 Tel: +91-11-23012927 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] H.E. Retno L.P. Marsudi H.E. Sidharto R. Suryodipuro Mr. Faizal Chery Sidharta Minister for Foreign Affairs of Director General for ASEAN Director for ASEAN Political- INDONESIA the Republic of Indonesia Cooperation Security Cooperation Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the the Republic of Indonesia Republic of Indonesia MOTEGI, Toshimitsu Yamada Shigeo ESAKI, Tomosaburo JAPAN Minister for Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister for Foreign Director Ministry of Foreign Affairs Policy Regional Policy Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs Asia and Oceanian Bureau Fax: 81 3 5501 8211 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fax: 81 3 5501 8251 H.E. Saleumxay H.E. Thongphane SAVANPHET Mr. Latsamy KEOMANY KOMMASITH Deputy Minister of Foreign Director-General of ASEAN Minister of Foreign Affairs Affairs Department Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the LAO PDR Lao PDR Tel: 856-21-415109 Fax: 856-21-413268 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Page 3 of 7 ARF Participants Foreign Ministers Senior Officials ISG Officials H.E. Dato’ Seri Hishammuddin Dato' Sri Muhammad Shahrul Dato' Ahmad Rozian Abd Ghani Tun Hussein Ikram Yaakob Director-General Minister of Foreign Affairs Secretary-General ASEAN Political-Security MALAYSIA Ministry of Foreign Affairs Community Division ASEAN-Malaysia National Secretariat Ministry of Foreign Affairs H.E. Mr. Damdin Mr. Shijeekhuu ODONBAATAR Mr. Guntevsuren BYAMBASUREN TSOGTBAATAR Director Department of Policy and MONGOLIA Minister for Foreign Affairs Department of Policy and Planning Ministry of Foreign Affairs Planning Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fax +976-11-322127 Fax +976-11-322127 E-mail: [email protected] H.E. U Ko Ko Hlaing H.E. U Chan Aye Mr. U Ye Gyaw Mra Union Minister for Permanent Secretary of the Director-General of the MYANMAR International Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cooperation Rt Hon Winston Peters Alison Mann Zoe Coulson-Sinclair Deputy Prime Minister and Asia Regional Division Asia Regional Division Minister of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and NEW ZEALAND Trade Trade Fax: 64 4 439 8873 Tel: 64 4 439 8000 E-mail: [email protected] H.E. Makhdoom Shah Ms. Samina Mehtab Mr. Zahoor Ahmad Mahmood Qureshi Director General (East Asia & Additional Secretary (Asia-Pacific) PAKISTAN Minister of Foreign Affairs Pacific Division) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs Islamabad Islamabad Page 4 of 7 ARF Participants Foreign Ministers Senior Officials ISG Officials Mr. Frank Mizigi Mr. Joseph Varo Benjamin Kamil Special Envoy representing Deputy Secretary (Policy) for Acting Director PAPUA NEW GUINEA Minister for Foreign Affairs Department of Foreign Affairs Asia/ASEAN Branch and International Trade and International Trade Bilateral Division Department of Foreign Affairs Fax: +675 3254886 / 301 4107 H.E. Hon. Mr. Teodoro L. H.E. Elizabeth Buensuceso Ms. Junever Mahilum-West Locsin, Jr. Acting Undersecretary for Director-General, ASEAN- Secretary of Foreign Affairs Bilateral Relations Philippines National Secretariat and ASEAN Affairs Assistant Secretary THE PHILIPPINES Department of Foreign Affairs Office of ASEAN Affairs Department of Foreign Affairs Fax: (632) 832 1667 Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Chung, Eui-yong Kim, Gunn Pyo, Jung Hwa REPUBLIC OF KOREA Minister of Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister for Political Director for ASEAN Cooperation Ministry of Foreign Affairs Affairs Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergey V. Lavrov Igor V. Morgulov Andrey V. Lyamin Minister of Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister of Foreign Deputy Director-General Affairs Department of Asia and Pacific Cooperation Alt: Alexey M. Ovchinnikov Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tel: (499) 244-41-28 RUSSIAN FEDERATION Director-General Fax: (499) 244-17-08 Department of Asia and Pacific E-mail: [email protected] Cooperation Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tel: (499) 244-41-28 Fax: (499) 244-17-08 E-mail: [email protected] Page 5 of 7 ARF Participants Foreign Ministers Senior Officials ISG Officials H.E. Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan H.E. Stanley Loh Mr. Mark Neo SINGAPORE Minister for Foreign Affairs Second Permanent Secretary Director-General Ministry of Foreign Affairs ASEAN Directorate Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena Mr. A. L. A. Azees Ms. Nirmala Paranavitana Foreign Minister Additional Secretary (East) Actg. Director General (Southeast Democratic Socialist Republic Foreign Ministry Asia) of Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry Tel: +94-11- 2324903 Colombo 01 SRI LANKA Fax :+94- 11- 2333450 +94- 11- 2430220 Tel: +94-11-2478987 E-mail: [email protected] Fax :+94- 11- 2333450 +94- 11- 2430220 E-mail: [email protected] H.E. Don Pramudwinai H.E. Thani Thongphakdi Ms. Usana Berananda Deputy Prime Minister and Permanent Secretary Director-General THAILAND Minister of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of ASEAN Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fax: (662) 643 5223 H.E. Dionísio da Costa Babo H.E. Jorge Trindade Neves de Ms. Milena Maria da Costa Rangel Soares, PhD Camões Director-General for ASEAN TIMOR-LESTE Minister for Foreign Affairs Secretary-General of the Affairs and Cooperation Ministry of Foreign Affairs and E-mail: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cooperation [email protected] and Cooperation Page 6 of 7 ARF Participants Foreign Ministers Senior Officials ISG Officials Antony J. Blinken Sung Kim William Flens Secretary of State Acting Senior Official Director UNITED STATES OF Department of State Department of State Office of Multilateral Affairs AMERICA Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Department of State Fax: (202) 647-7134 H.E. Pham Binh Minh H.E. Nguyen Quoc Dzung Mr. Vu Ho Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Minister of Foreign Director-General VIET NAM Minister of Foreign Affairs Affairs ASEAN Department Viet Nam's ASEAN / ARF SOM Ministry of Foreign Affairs Leader Page 7 of 7 .
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