The partnership between Malaysia and the Philippines is set to expand, particularly in the halal industry, where both countries are keen to take effective measures to penetrate international markets, particularly in the Middle East.
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00:00 Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, we warmly welcome His Excellency Ferdinand Romuald S.
00:08 Marcos, Jr., President of the Republic of the Philippines, to Malaysia.
00:12 We are indeed very honored by your presence here today, Your Excellency.
00:17 We will begin the joint press conference today with a statement by the Prime Minister of
00:21 Malaysia followed by a statement by the President of the Republic of the Philippines.
00:26 President Marcos, Jr., who I refer to as "Bom Bom" and more as a personal friend, it is of
00:37 course a rare privilege and honor to host you.
00:41 Welcome to Malaysia.
00:42 It has been a long journey of good bilateral relations between Malaysia and the Philippines,
00:51 but your presence here today, which is quite unique in the sense that we have not had too
00:59 many presidents visiting Malaysia on a bilateral basis, so it is something really meaningful
01:05 and pertinent to Malaysia and all Malaysians to see our great neighbor, the land which
01:14 has great historical bonds, culturally, historically, and the land of our great precursor of the
01:23 Asian Renaissance, Jose Rizal.
01:26 So I must first, of course, take this opportunity to thank you and your delegation for this
01:34 visit.
01:35 It is the only way also to strengthen this bond.
01:40 We have discussed issues relating to bilateral issues of trade, investments.
01:47 There has been a slight increase in investments in trade, but there is certainly huge potential
01:55 which you must explore, the strength in the Filipino economy, in your capacity in the
02:05 business sector, and also here, and both business communities should interact more and jointly
02:16 take measures to enhance bilateral relations and economic trade, at the same time help
02:25 resuscitate our economy during post-COVID era.
02:31 We also take note of the fact that there has been phenomenal progress in the Philippines
02:40 post-COVID under your leadership, and we would certainly utilize this experience in trying
02:49 to enhance their collaboration.
02:53 We mentioned also the potential for halal industry in both countries.
02:57 We will certainly do our utmost in terms of certification, but I think jointly we should
03:08 undertake some effective measures to ensure that the halal industry can penetrate more
03:16 effectively into the Middle Eastern market in particular.
03:22 On the regional and international cooperation, our basis here is of course bilateral, which
03:28 I think is very, very important.
03:30 Although President Makos is slightly senior than me in terms of his holding office, he
03:36 has been senior because he has enormous experience, and amazingly as the YPG, the king, said today
03:43 to me that we share other personal experiences, ups and downs, and I used to joke here, more
03:49 downs than ups.
03:51 And now we are here together, and with this experience we certainly enhance the understanding
03:57 and collaboration.
03:59 We did touch upon Myanmar to strengthen the five-point consensus of ASEAN, but also give
04:05 some flexibility, room and space for neighboring countries to engage on an informal basis without
04:13 sacrificing the issues of human rights and the treatment of minorities, and particularly
04:20 Rohingyas and other Burmese minorities in Myanmar.
04:25 And finally, I think the issues that we relate upon is the issue of the joint commission
04:33 that is going to meet towards the end of the year, and we have an outstanding MOUs, which
04:40 both of us have agreed to accelerate the process, and where we should find ways to resolve and
04:48 then hopefully sign prior to the, or during the commission meeting.
04:55 Thank you, and can I just invite my colleague, the Honorable, respected President Ferdinand
05:05 Marcos Jr. to say a few words.
05:09 Thank you, Your Excellency.
05:12 The honored members of the Philippine delegation and the members here representing the Malaysian
05:18 government, the members of the media, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon.
05:25 First and foremost, I would like to express my appreciation for their majesties and the
05:30 King and Queen of Malaysia for their very gracious invitation for me to undertake this
05:36 state visit to Malaysia.
05:39 During our audience with their majesties this morning, we spoke of longstanding relations
05:45 and strong economic linkages between the Philippines and Malaysia, as well as the commonalities
05:51 between our peoples which make our friendship easy.
05:56 This afternoon, the Prime Minister and I recalled his successful official visit to Manila last
06:02 March.
06:05 In the spirit of exploring synergies for future partnerships, we agreed to convene the next
06:13 Philippine-Malaysia Joint Commission meeting in the near future.
06:18 I believe the date that we decided upon was around sometime in October.
06:27 We do this so that our government agencies will have an avenue to discuss priority cooperation
06:34 in detail, most especially in the areas of transnational crimes, agriculture, halal industry,
06:43 Islamic banking, education, tourism, and culture, sports, and the digital economy.
06:51 We continue to work on the corresponding MOUs in these fields and will have them signed
06:58 in the near future.
07:01 Building on our bilateral relations, our governments commit to closely coordinate efforts to build
07:07 capacity in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in southern Philippines, in Muslim Mindanao,
07:14 especially on sectors such as the halal industry, Islamic banking, and food security.
07:24 Malaysia has warmly offered their expertise to train Philippine personnel and officials
07:29 to strengthen our capabilities in these increasingly important sectors.
07:35 And once again, I made an expression of gratitude to the Prime Minister and as well to the King
07:45 earlier today, an expression of gratitude for all the help that we have received from
07:51 Malaysia and southern Philippines.
07:53 It has been an important part of whatever success that we might enjoy today.
07:59 And that has been a foothold, a further foothold for us to use to continue to develop and promote
08:09 our relations between our two countries.
08:12 We also agreed to enhance our trade and investment ties with each other.
08:17 With Malaysia being one of the leading halal economies in the world, cooperation in this
08:22 sector would mutually benefit the growth of our respective halal ecosystems.
08:29 Reorganizing, sorry, recognizing the importance of ASEAN centrality, we reaffirm our commitment
08:38 to support our activities within the context of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
08:45 and the BIMP-IAGA, or the Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines East Asian Growth Area.
08:52 However, having said that, we also agreed that we can explore not only along multilateral
09:01 lines all of the issues that are facing us in the region, but also that there is use
09:08 as well, there is utility as well, in us promoting a bilateral relationship, especially between
09:15 Malaysia and the Philippines and our other partners in ASEAN.
09:21 And I think that this is an important aspect, this will be an important aspect to all the
09:26 issues that ASEAN is presently facing and to all the issues that the member states are
09:33 presently worrying about.
09:35 So I am quite pleased to reiterate my deepest gratitude to the Government of Malaysia and
09:43 the people of Malaysia for this very warm welcome that you have given us, our delegation,
09:48 the First Lady.
09:50 And as I mark my second year as President of the Philippines, this state visit not only
09:55 attests to the importance we place on Malaysia as a neighbor and as a partner in ASEAN, but
10:02 also reaffirms the Philippines' commitment to further cultivating our bonds and friendship,
10:09 especially as we look forward to celebrating our 60th anniversary of formal diplomatic
10:17 relations with Malaysia next year.
10:20 Thank you.
10:21 Mahalang salamat.
10:22 Mahalang salamat.
10:23 Thank you very much.
10:24 (Applause.)
10:24 (END)
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10:26 Thank you.
10:27 (Applause.)
10:27 (END)
10:28 This is an uncorrected transcript.
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10:29 Thank you.
10:30 (Applause.)
10:30 (END)
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