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PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. returned on Wednesday with several bilateral agreements following his \u201cshort but highly productive\u201d working visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The President expressed optimism about the successful implementation of the agreements with the UAE in the Philippines.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI look forward to the implementation of several bilateral agreements in culture, energy transition, legal cooperation, artificial intelligence and digital economy, the improvement of government activities, visa waiver for holders of diplomatic, special, and official passports, and investment cooperation,\u201d President Marcos said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The President\u2019s one-day working visit to the UAE on Tuesday coincided with the 50th anniversary of \u201cvery strong and friendly, and rapidly progressing\u201d diplomatic relations between the Philippines and the UAE, which were established on August 19, 1974.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n During his visit, President Marcos reaffirmed the Philippine government\u2019s commitment to strengthening bilateral ties and expanding into new areas of engagement.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n He recalled his productive meeting with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, highlighting mutual respect and collaboration.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI expressed the appreciation of the Philippines for UAE government\u2019s care and respect for the Filipino community in the UAE. In response, the UAE President commended the Filipino people for their contributions towards UAE\u2019s development,\u201d President Marcos said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n President Marcos also expressed his gratitude to President Sheikh Al Nahyan for his understanding on the shortened visit, as the President needed to oversee relief and reconstruction efforts in typhoon-affected communities in the Philippines.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n He also thanked the UAE government for its constant humanitarian support for the victims.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The President extended an invitation to Sheikh Mohamed to return to the Philippines to continue their dialogue and to explore additional areas of cooperation.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. returned on Wednesday with several bilateral agreements following his “short but highly productive” working visit to the United Arab Emirates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10324"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10326,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10324\/revisions\/10326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}