It was a “short but successful” visit, President Marcos said yesterday after arriving from Saudi Arabia where he attended the first summit of leaders of Southeast Asian nations and the Gulf states.
In his arrival statement delivered at the Villamor Airbase, Marcos said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit was a landmark event that provided the Philippines with an opportunity to project its longstanding promotion of a rules-based international order.“I have arrived back from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia after a very short but I can say successful and productive visit,” the President said.
“Let me assure you that we will continue to advance our national interests as we further expand our partnerships abroad,” he added. Under the agreement, valued at $120 million, a 500-person capacity training facility would be established in the Philippines to upskill Filipino employees in various professions in the construction industry. Marcos said the facility seeks to train at least 3,000 Filipinos a year and more than 15,000 Filipinos in the next five years.
He also had meetings with the Kuwaiti Crown Prince and the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia. “Whereas before essentially it was just for employment and we sent our people, our OFWs, now, they have extended that relationship and say that it is time that they bring investment to the Philippines and to support their food supply situation and to support the industries that they are going to expand and they are going to establish,” he said.
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