JAKARTA, Aug. 15 -- ASEAN and the Pacific Alliance reaffirmed their commitment to forge stronger relations between the two regional organisations during the 5th Meeting between the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) and the Group of External Relations of the Pacific Alliance (GER) held at the ASEAN Secretariat this morning.

The Meeting noted the recent developments in ASEAN and the Pacific Alliance, including the outcomes of the recent 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting and Related Meetings, 34th ASEAN Summits as well as the 14th Pacific Alliance Summit.

Both sides also took stock of the implementation of the ASEAN-Pacific Alliance Work Plan 2017-2019 and noted the potentials for greater cooperation under the Work Pl...