• last year
Foreign Minister ng Malaysia, nag-courtesy call kay PBBM;

Ugnayan ng dalawang bansa, inaasahang mas iigting pa
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00:00We are looking forward to a stronger relationship between the Philippines and Malaysia.
00:05This is followed by the assistance of the Foreign Minister of Malaysia
00:09and President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr. in Malacanang yesterday.
00:13Alan Francisco is in the center of the news.
00:18The Philippines strengthened its 65-year diplomatic relations.
00:23The Malaysian Foreign Minister Datu Seri Utama Haji Mohamad bin Haji Hassan of Malacanang
00:28gave a courtesy call in Malacanang.
00:30President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr. himself received the official.
00:34President Marcos thanked the Malaysian Foreign Minister for his visit.
00:39The President promised that the two countries will remain in communication
00:43on various developments.
00:45The diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Malaysia started in 1959.
00:51This is the year when the Philippine Legation was established in Kuala Lumpur.
00:56The Philippine Legation was formally established as a consulate on May 18, 1964,
01:02a symbol of the formal establishment of the relationship between the two countries.
01:06On July 25 to 27, 2023, President Marcos made a state visit to Malaysia
01:13while Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was the first to visit the Philippines last March.
01:20The two leaders discussed bilateral cooperation in politics, security, economy, and people-to-people ties.
01:27Malaysia also played a big role in promoting peace in Maslim, Mindanao.
01:32In 2023, the total trade of the Philippines to Malaysia reached US$8.1 billion,
01:39a reason to become Malaysia's number nine trading partner.
01:44While Malaysia was also the 16th in the top investment partners of the Philippines in 2023,
01:50almost 100,000 tourist arrivals from Malaysia visited the Philippines in 2023.
01:57Almost a million Filipinos live or work in Malaysia.

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