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India-Philippines: S Jaishankar, Enrique Manalo discuss issues related to broader cooperation during JCBC meeting

| @indiablooms | Jun 30, 2023, at 11:06 pm

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and visiting Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo co-chaired the 5th India-Philippines Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) where the two leaders discussed issues related to broad cooperation.

S Jaishankar tweeted: " Just concluded a productive and comprehensive meeting of the 5th India-Philippines Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation with @SecManalo."

"Our talks covered enhancing contacts and broadening cooperation as we head towards the 75th anniversary of our diplomatic ties," he said.

Jaishanakr said the agenda of the meeting covered defence, maritime security , counter-terrorism and transnational crimes

"Our agenda today covered defence, maritime security , counter-terrorism and transnational crimes. As also our growing economic ties, including in trade & investments; development cooperation; health & pharma; tourism; air services; agriculture; fintech; S&T and space cooperation," Jaishankar said.

"Noted the importance of greater people to people ties, specifically in tourism and education sectors," he said.

Jaishankar said: "Recognized our strong collaboration in ASEAN and in multilateral forums. As Indo-Pacific countries, underlined our strong convergence on key issues."

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