JAKARTA, June 24 -- Senior Officials of ASEAN and Canada reaffirmed their commitment to further advancing ASEAN-Canada Strategic Partnership at the 23

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ASEAN-Canada Dialogue held today at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat.

Canada reiterated its support for ASEAN Community-building efforts and ASEAN's central role in the evolving regional architecture. Canada highlighted that its relations with ASEAN remains a foreign policy priority of the country.

Both sides took stock of the progress made in ASEAN-Canada cooperation across all three pillars of the ASEAN Community and noted with satisfaction the robust and full implementation of all measures under the Plan of Action (POA) to Implement the Joint Declaration on ASEAN-Canada En...