President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. reported a productive outcome of his visit to Germany citing its economic and political impact as well as its importance to the country’s regional competitiveness and economic transformation.
“We’re happy to report that it has been— despite being relatively quick visit, marami tayong- (nagawa). It’s very productive, both for the economic side and on the political side. And also, for the what we the call people-to-people, maraming Pilipino dito sa Germany,” President Marcos said in a media interview Wednesday in Berlin, Germany.
“So, we had a very good conversation with the (German) Chancellor (Olaf) Scholz. We talked, from what we spoke about in the bilateral meeting lunch, we also talked about some many other issues that concern both our countries because what is happening for example in Ukraine. I was very interested to hear from him what his thoughts were on the events that transpire,” President Marcos said.
At the same time, the President learned from the German Chancellor of his upcoming visit to Russia and China. He said he is expecting good results from the visits for securing peace in Eastern Europe and stability in the South China Sea.
Marcos also reported about his fruitful discussions with German corporations such as his meetings with Bosch, Siemens, Airbus, and Lufthansa Technik top officials who have expressed their many plans for the Philippines.
“It’s encouraging because once again, the— all of these different entities seemed to be confident in the Philippines economic condition,” Marcos said, noting some of the German firms are already operating in the Philippines, and would want to expand their operations in the country.
“And that is manifested by the fact that they are preparing to invest further and whatever. If they have production already, if they have already an operation in the Philippines, they tend to expand. So, we will follow on this and again, try to define government’s role in the transformation process that we went through,” the President said. PND
