On 19 September 2018, H.E. Tatang Budie Utama Razak, Ambassador of Indonesia to the State of Kuwait officially handed over the ASEAN Committee in Kuwait (ACK) Chairmanship to H.E. Dusit Manapan, Ambassador of Thailand in the ceremony held at the Embassy of Indonesia in Kuwait. The ACK chairmanship of Thailand began since July 2018 and will last at the end of December 2019.