JAKARTA, 2 December 2016 – After wrapping up a productive year of meetings and activities, Ambassador Latsamy Keomany, Permanent Representative of Lao PDR to ASEAN, handed over yesterday the chairmanship of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) to Ambassador Elizabeth P. Buensuceso, Permanent Representative of the Philippines to ASEAN, in a ceremony witnessed by Secretary-General of ASEAN Le Luong Minh in Jakarta. The Philippines will be ASEAN Chair for 2017.