Palestinian Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister Dr. Varsen Aghabekian Shahin is currently in Manila, arriving last Nov. 16 and is expected to stay until Nov. 21, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday. In a statement, the DFA said that during the visit, the Palestinian foreign...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro is hopeful that the Philippines’ chairship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will witness the completion of the Code of Conduct (COC) for the South China Sea amid escalating regional tensions between China, the...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro denied that there is an erosion of the centrality of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), whose summits and meetings the Philippines will chair in 2026, amid regional and global threats due to great power rivalry,...
President Marcos formally launched the Philippines’ Chairship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for 2026, outlining a forward-leaning agenda anchored on peace and security, regional prosperity, and people empowerment. In his speech during the launch at the Foro de Intramuros...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro is leading the all-women delegation from the agency to join President Marcos during the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Summits in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The DFA chief arrived on Thursday, Oct....
The Philippines and Timor-Leste have will pursue legal cooperation and political consultations in a bid to strengthen their bilateral ties amid the latter’s full membership to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro said...
Committing to provide “capacity building assistance” to Timor-Leste, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro underscored how the country’s full membership to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will strengthen regional development. “First of all, I...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro and Timor-Leste Foreign Minister Bendito dos Santos Freitas will hold a bilateral meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 22, ahead of Timor-Leste’s full membership to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next week. Freitas and his...
The Philippines has been “proactive” in building its network of “bilateral, mini-lateral, and regional partnerships” to prepare itself in taking on a bigger role in international politics as “traditional powers” have diminished their influence in maintaining global order, Department of...
The Philippines has already filed a total of 47 diplomatic protests this year against China’s aggressive and dangerous actions in the contested South China Sea, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro revealed on Tuesday, Oct. 14. The number does not include the...
The Philippines and Croatia agreed to expand and strengthen their relations across a range of sectors, including labor, defense, and trade, as Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro and Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman held a bilateral meeting on Monday, Oct....
The Philippines signed a total of four agreements on climate action with Hungary, Panama, Maldives, and Togo and established political consultations for strengthening relations during the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA80), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma....
