TOKYO — The social and financial advantages ensuing from his five-day official go to to Japan might be felt by Filipinos momentarily, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stated Saturday.
In a video message posted on his Instagram web page, Marcos stated, “We are beginning to come to the conclusion of our visit here.”
“The official visit that we have made, of the Philippine delegation to Japan… and it has been a very, very productive visit,” the President stated.
The Philippine delegation raked in 35 funding pledges spanning business pursuits in infrastructure, power, manufacturing, healthcare, telecommunications, amongst others.
The President has but to reveal the full quantity of funding pledges to the Philippines.
“I think that we will be able to feel the effects of these discussions, of these agreements very, very soon, very rapidly back home in the Philippines,” the chief government stated.
Marcos is in Japan for a 5 day official go to – from February 8 to 12, 2023.
“It’s a particularly important visit because it is really setting down a blueprint for our relations as we slowly emerge from the pandemic economy,” he stated.
The President stated the offers sealed by the Philippine delegation – high government and legislature officers and business leaders – “cut across the whole gamut.”
“We are talking about agriculture, we are talking about digitalization, we are talking about industry, we are talking about automotive development, we are talking about energy, even education, tourism.
“We have discussed great many subjects,” Marcos stated.
“And we found that with the leadership of Prime Minister Kishida that the Japanese government and also Japanese private sector have been very open in our discussion for the plans to help increase the development of our country, in terms of again, those areas — in infrastructure, digitalization, agriculture, some of the traditional areas with which we had always dealt with Japan. But some new areas, areas such as security and defense and also the mitigation and adaptation to the effects of climate change,” he stated. — DVM, GMA Integrated News
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