New envoy to ASEAN

Peru’s new Ambassador to ASEAN Juan Alvarez Vita (left) shakes hands with ASEAN Secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan after submission of his letter of appointment to latter during a ceremony in Jakarta recently. Ambassador Alvarez Vita, who is now Peru’s ambassador to Indonesia, is the first Peruvian ambassador to ASEAN and also the first Latin American ambassador to the regional grouping. He will hold his both ambassadorial posts in Indonesia and ASEAN concurrently. Courtesy of Embassy of Peru