12 May 2023 – The ASEAN Committee in Bern (ACB) Ambassadors and Charges d’Affairés to the Swiss Confederation had a joint Courtesy Call on Ambassador Heinrich Schellenberg (third from right; right photo), Head of the Asia Pacific Division of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) on Tuesday, 09 May 2023.

During the joint call, the ACB Ambassadors and Charges d’Affairés discussed issues of mutual concerns to ASEAN and Switzerland, as well as ASEAN-Switzerland. The ACB is currently chaired by Philippine Ambassador-designate to Switzerland Mr. Faustino M. Dy (third from left).

The ACB Ambassadors and Charges d’Affairés ad interim pose for a souvenir photo at the FDFA building prior to the joint call on FDFA Ambassador Schellenberg.

(L-R) Ambassador Latsamy Keomany of Laos, Ambassador-designate Dara In of Cambodia, Charge d’Affairés ad interim Ei Ei Tin of Myanmar, Ambassador Chittipat Tongprasoerth of Thailand, Ambassador Heinrich Schellenberg of the FDFA Asia Pacific Division, FDFA Head of Regional Coordination for Southeast Asia and Pacific Ms. Anna Mattei, Ambassador-designate Bernard Faustino Dy of the Philippines, Ambassador Phung The Long of Viet Nam, Charge d’Affairés ad interim Umbara Setiawan of Indonesia, and Charge d’Affairés ad interim Ahmad Benyamine Noor Rahimin of Malaysia pose for a souvenir photo after the joint call at the FDFA.