President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is expected to visit Vietnam in January 2024 to discuss with his counterpart, Vo Van Thuong, areas to deepen bilateral relations between the two countries. In his opening remarks at the 10th meeting of the Philippines-Vietnam Joint Commission for Bilateral...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo on Tuesday said members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must manage geopolitical tensions to ensure uninterrupted development in the Indo-Pacific region. Since the region is now “an engine of global growth,” Manalo said the regional...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo is flying to Vietnam today, July 31, and then to Laos on August 3 for separate talks with officials of countries tackling various areas of bilateral cooperation. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Manalo will stay in the Vietnamese capital...
The Philippines and Portugal on Friday achieved a "milestone" after the top diplomats of both countries met for the first time in Manila to further ties, which the two sides admitted to have not been taken advantage of since 1946. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo sat down...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo believes that the agency will do more in the coming years as it celebrated its 125th anniversary on Wednesday, July 19, committed to the realization of the Marcos administration’s “independent foreign policy.” Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo...
Top diplomats of the Philippines, the United States (US), and Japan have met in person for the first time since the three countries rolled out a trilateral maritime exercise to bolster their troops' joint naval capabilities amid China's aggression in the South China Sea. *Photo courtesy of DFA...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo welcomed the "growing number" of countries backing the Philippines' position on the West Philippine Sea as Manila commemorated on Wednesday, July 12, the 7th anniversary of the 2016 Arbitral Award on the South China Sea. Manalo's...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday, July 12, launched a microsite with resources related to the 2016 Arbitral Award on the South China Sea, which ruled the Philippines' territorial integrity over the West Philippine Sea, in time for the commemoration of the award's 7th anniversary....
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo will fly to Indonesia next week to meet with counterparts from other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and discuss issues concerning the region. Manalo will participate in the 56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers'...
* India has offered the Philippines help in bolstering its defense capability through the acquisition of naval assets and expansion of maritime training. Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo and External Affairs Minister of India Dr. S. Jaishankar hold a bilateral meeting in New Delhi on June...
The Philippines and France have discussed ways to explore more areas of defense cooperation as Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo sat down with a French admiral for Asia-Pacific on an official visit to Manila. - - - Manalo met on Tuesday Rear Admiral Geoffroy...
Top diplomats of the Philippines and India will meet in New Delhi on Thursday, June 29, to discuss existing areas of bilateral cooperation as well as new ones between the two countries. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo will co-chair the 5th meeting of the...
