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MANILA
The signing of five agreements capped the bilateral meeting at Malaca?ang between President Duterte and visiting Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday.
Sirisena’s visit was the first by a Sri Lankan president and head of state.
After their meeting, President Duterte and Sirisena witnessed the signing of agreements on defence, agriculture, education, tourism and research after their bilateral meeting in Malaca?ang.
Signed were memoranda of understanding on defence and military education and training and exchanges of defence and military delegations; cooperation in agriculture, fisheries and related fields; academic cooperation in higher education, tourism cooperation and agriculture research policy.
“We face common challenges, we have shared interests and we are united by our desire to provide greater peace, progress and prosperity for our peoples,” Duterte said in a speech.
“These realities and aspirations behoove upon us to work together even more closely to provide renewed impetus and clearer direction for a greatly expanded partnership. In our meetings, we resolved to further strengthen our engagement in trade, defence, agriculture and tourism, education, cultural and people-to-people exchanges,” he added.
Sirisena expressed hope that the agreements would deepen the ties between Manila and Colombo.
“We had very productive discussion this afternoon on priority areas such as defense and security, trade and investment, agriculture, education and higher education, labour, tourism, cultural cooperation, maritime, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, among others. We both are pleased on the outcome of our discussion,” Sirisena said.
“I and my government will ensure that these initiatives will be implemented in order to harness the maximum to the people of both countries,” he added.
MANILA
The signing of five agreements capped the bilateral meeting at Malaca?ang between President Duterte and visiting Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday.
Sirisena’s visit was the first by a Sri Lankan president and head of state.
After their meeting, President Duterte and Sirisena witnessed the signing of agreements on defence, agriculture, education, tourism and research after their bilateral meeting in Malaca?ang.
Signed were memoranda of understanding on defence and military education and training and exchanges of defence and military delegations; cooperation in agriculture, fisheries and related fields; academic cooperation in higher education, tourism cooperation and agriculture research policy.
“We face common challenges, we have shared interests and we are united by our desire to provide greater peace, progress and prosperity for our peoples,” Duterte said in a speech.
“These realities and aspirations behoove upon us to work together even more closely to provide renewed impetus and clearer direction for a greatly expanded partnership. In our meetings, we resolved to further strengthen our engagement in trade, defence, agriculture and tourism, education, cultural and people-to-people exchanges,” he added.
Sirisena expressed hope that the agreements would deepen the ties between Manila and Colombo.
“We had very productive discussion this afternoon on priority areas such as defense and security, trade and investment, agriculture, education and higher education, labour, tourism, cultural cooperation, maritime, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, among others. We both are pleased on the outcome of our discussion,” Sirisena said.
“I and my government will ensure that these initiatives will be implemented in order to harness the maximum to the people of both countries,” he added.
