THE PHILIPPINES’ top envoy will meet with his Malaysian and Thai counterparts this week to discuss regional issues and seek deeper bilateral ties, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
In a statement, the agency said Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique A. Manalo and Malaysian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dato Seri Utama Jahi Mohammad Bin Haji Hasan will meet at the Eight Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday to discuss “matters of mutual interest to both countries and the Southeast Asian region.”
“The reconvening of the JCM manifests the deepening of the friendship between the two countries, as well as the expansion of areas of bilateral cooperation,” DFA said.
The meeting is a consultation and cooperation mechanism used to tackle pressing bilateral and regional issues, it said.
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