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Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs and Chief of Presidential Protocol Undersecretary Robert Borje is welcomed by Vice Consul Maria Cecilia Hernandez, Honorary Consul of the Philippines to Tunisia Sonia Ayed, and Foreign Affairs Under Secretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Sarah Arriola upon his arrival at Tunis Carthage Airport in the Republic of Tunisia on December 19, 2019. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte designated Undersecretary Borje as Special Envoy to special missions aimed at checking the conditions of overseas Filipino workers in North Africa and the Middle East. Tunisia is the first of three countries to be visited. The missions will also include the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom of Bahrain. PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs and Chief of Presidential Protocol Undersecretary Robert Borje is welcomed by Vice Consul Maria Cecilia Hernandez, Honorary Consul of the Philippines to Tunisia Sonia Ayed, and Foreign Affairs Under Secretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Sarah Arriola upon his arrival at Tunis Carthage Airport in the Republic of Tunisia on December 19, 2019.
Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs and Chief of Presidential Protocol Undersecretary Robert Borje is welcomed by Vice Consul Maria Cecilia Hernandez, Honorary Consul of the Philippines to Tunisia Sonia Ayed, and Foreign Affairs Under Secretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Sarah Arriola upon his arrival at Tunis Carthage Airport in the Republic of Tunisia on December 19, 2019. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte designated Undersecretary Borje as Special Envoy to special missions aimed at checking the conditions of overseas Filipino workers in North Africa and the Middle East. Tunisia is the first of three countries to be visited. The missions will also include the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom of Bahrain. PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO

PBBM urges Australia to boost key roles in SEA, Indo-Pacific
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. expects Australia to play a major role in ensuring peace and stability as well as economic development in Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific region.
PBBM cites Canada’s support for ASEAN centrality
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PBBM seeks Canada’s support for PH’s G7 position
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