Jakarta: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Pacific Alliance (PA), a regional integration initiative comprising Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, met on Tuesday via video-conference.
The meeting aimed to further strengthen relations between the two organisations during the first-ever interface between the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) and the National Coordinators of each Pacific Alliance Member.
Both sides had a fruitful exchange of views on a broad range of issues, including collective efforts to combat the spread of the covid-19 pandemic, as well as efforts related to the recovery efforts of the negative impact of the pandemic on world economy.
The ASEAN side described efforts to combat the pandemic in the region, including the holding of special ASEAN Summits, cooperation with ASEAN’s Dialogue Partners, as well as the establishment of the Covid-19 ASEAN Response Fund.
"Measures currently underway and under consultations with regard to the post-pandemic economic recovery were also outlined," the ASEAN Secretariat stated in a press release on Tuesday.
The PA side explained that since Marc, PA has been working on a Covid-19 Action Plan, to face the economic and trade effects of this world-wide pandemic.
This action plan includes exchange of information on all measures being taken due to the pandemic, a trade facilitation through the acceptance of digitized certificates required for trade; a list of sensitive products in times of pandemic for a PA Supply Chain; SMEs support in issues such as E-Commerce, among other topics.
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