(12 April 2022) -- Indonesia and the Philippines officially capped off the 7th Philippines-Indonesia Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) which was held virtually on 11-12 April 2022. Acting Undersecretary for Bilateral Relations and ASEAN Affairs (UBRAA) Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro served as the Head of the Philippine Delegation and Chair, while Director-General Abdul Kadir Jailani of the Directorate-General of Asia Pacific and Africa of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (KEMLU) served as the Head of the Indonesian Delegation and Co-Chair of the proceedings. The Philippine Embassy in Jakarta attended the 7th SOM-JCBC led by Ambassador Leehiong T. Wee.

The Senior Officials' Meeting discussed a variety of topics including political and security cooperation, border, regional and global issues, economic and socio-cultural cooperation, and consular matters, among others, in preparation for the JCBC.

Article photo: (Left) KEMLU's Director General Abdul Kadir Jailani. (Right) DFA Acting Undersecretary for Bilateral Relations and ASEAN Affairs Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro/XXX