Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr arrived within the nationwide capital on Monday for a five-day state go to to India, geared toward additional strengthening the India-Philippines relationship, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs acknowledged.
That is the primary go to by the President of the Southeast Asian nation to India since he assumed workplace again in 2022, marking a major milestone, as his go to aligns with the celebration of the seventy fifth anniversary of diplomatic ties between the 2 nations.
In line with a put up on X by the MEA, Marcos was welcomed with a heat reception by the Minister of State for Exterior Affairs, Pabitra Margherita.
“Mabuhay, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.! President Bongbong Marcos has arrived in New Delhi on his first State Go to to India. Obtained by MoS Pabitra Margherita and accorded a heat welcome. India & the Philippines are celebrating seventy fifth anniversary of firm of diplomatic ties. This go to will result in additional strengthening of India-Philippines relations,” the MEA acknowledged on X.
He was accompanied by First Woman Louise Araneta Marcos and a high-level delegation together with a number of Ministers from his Cupboard.
In line with an announcement by the MEA, throughout his go to, President Marcos will probably be holding talks with President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, together with different officers.
He will even be assembly with Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
On August 5, he’ll lay a wreath at Rajghat, and following that, he’ll maintain talks with PM Modi on the Hyderabad Home.
Alternate of Memoranda of Understanding and Press Statements will happen thereafter.
The Philippine President will then meet Union Minister of Well being and Household Welfare JP Nadda and thereafter President Droupadi Murmu.
He’ll then journey to Bengaluru and meet Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Ghelot. His go to got here following an invite by PM Modi, an MEA assertion acknowledged on Thursday.
Diplomatic relations between India and the Philippines had been established in November 1949. Each international locations have since developed a powerful partnership throughout a broad spectrum of areas, together with commerce and funding, defence and safety, maritime cooperation, agriculture, healthcare, prescribed drugs and digital applied sciences. The 2 international locations additionally have interaction carefully on the regional stage, together with by means of India’s Complete Strategic Partnership with ASEAN.
The assertion added that India’s relations with the Philippines are an integral pillar of our ‘Act East’ Coverage, Imaginative and prescient MAHASAGAR and our imaginative and prescient of the Indo-Pacific.
The go to will act as a possibility for each leaders to set the trail for future bilateral cooperation and to have interaction on regional and worldwide problems with mutual curiosity, as per the assertion.
India and the Philippines share heat and multifaceted bilateral relations rooted in historic ties and shared democratic values. Cooperation spans numerous sectors, together with defence, commerce, funding, and cultural change.