05 July 2024 - The  34th meeting of the ASEAN Committee in Stockholm (ACS) was held on 27  June 2024, at the Royal Thai Embassy in Stockholm. In attendance were the six (6) ASEAN Heads of Posts with resident Embassies in Stockholm - Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam. Her Excellency Ambassador of the Philippines Maria Lumen B. Isleta participated in the meeting, the last under the chairmanship of Thailand.

The meeting also signalled the turnover of the chairmanship of the ACS from Thailand (H.E. Ambassador Arunrong Photong Humphreys) to the Philippines.  Amb Isleta assumed the Post on 01 July and will steer the activities of the Committee in the next six (6) months, i.e., until end December 2024.

The six (6) ASEAN countries with resident embassies in Stockholm, take turns on a rotational basis in holding the ACS Chairmanship.

The Philippines last held the Chairship of the ACS in the first half of 2022. END