 U.S. President George W. Bush, Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Mrs. Bush and Mr. Arroyo wave from the White House balcony in May 2003. A U.S. Marine bears the Philippine flag behind them. A former territory and commonwealth, the Philippines considers the United States its closest ally.
 The Philippines is a founding member of the United Nations and has served various terms in the Security Council. Foreign relations of the Philippines is administered by the Philippines President and the nation's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Much of the republic's international relations are dominated by the Philippines' ties to the United States, of which the Philippines was historically a territory and commonwealth. The Philippines also maintains close diplomatic relations with its Asian neighbors, especially with Southeast Asian nations. The Philippines is actively seeking increased relations with Spain, its former colonizer. Image File history File links Unpicture. ...
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The Philippines is a founding member of the United Nations[1]; it has been an elected member of the Security Council[2] and has participated in FAO, ILO, UNESCO and WHO. Like most nations, the republic is a signatory of Interpol. The Philippines is a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, East Asia Summit and the Latin Union. It was formerly a member of the now-defunct SEATO. Declaring itself as independent of any major power block of nations, the Philippines is a member of the Non-Aligned Movement. UN redirects here. ...
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Economically, the Philippines is participant in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Asian Development Bank, the Colombo Plan, Group of 24, G-20, G-77, the World Bank and the WTO. APEC redirects here. ...
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Foreign policy  The Philippines (in red) has embassies in various nations (in blue). Filipino foreign policy is based on the advancement of Filipino ideals and values, among which include the advancement of democracy and advocacy for human rights worldwide. Its foreign policy reflects its historic ties to American ideals fostered during the Philippines' U.S. territorial and commonwealth years.
Those American ties have affected Filipino international relations. It considers itself a staunch ally of the United States and has supported many points of American foreign policy. This is evident in the Philippines' participation in the Iraq War and the War on Terror. Speaking to this support, U.S. President George W. Bush praised the Philippines as a bastion of democracy in the East and called the Philippines America's oldest ally in Asia. Bush's speech on October 18, 2003 was only the second U.S. Presidential address to the Philippines Congress; U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered the first. For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ...
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While the Philippines' relationship with the United States remains strong, the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has sought to establish closer ties to its earlier colonizer, Spain. This was inspired by the attendance of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía at the June 12, 1998 celebration honoring the centennial of the Philippines' independence from Spain. Macapagal-Arroyo made two official visits to Spain during her presidency. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (born April 5, 1947), also known by her initials G.M.A., is the 14th and current president of the Republic of the Philippines. ...
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The Armed Forces of the Philippines has been participant to various regional conflicts including the Korean War and the Vietnam War. In most recent history, the Philippines sent peacekeeping forces to Iraq in addition to civilian doctors, nurses and police. The Filipino mission was later recalled as collateral for the release of a Filipino hostage. As part of a UN Peacekeeping Operation, Philippines Army General Jaime de los Santos became the first commander of troops responsible for maintaining order in East Timor. Seal of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Seal of the Philippine Army Seal of the Philippine Navy Seal of the Philippine Air Force Seal of the Philippine Marine Corps The Armed Forces of the Philippines or AFP (Filipino: Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas; Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas Filipinas) originated in the...
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The United Nations has authorized 59 peacekeeping missions as of October of 2004. ...
The Philippine Army (PA) is the ground arm of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). ...
The Philippines is in tension with rival international claimants to various land and water territories in the South China Sea which has an abundance of natural resources that the Philippines wants to exploit. The Philippines is in dispute with the People's Republic of China over the Malampaya and Camago gas fields. The two are also in dispute over the Scarborough Shoal. The Philippines also has a disputed claim over the Spratly Islands. Filipino name Tagalog: Timog Dagat Tsina (Dagat Luzon for the portion within Philippine waters) Malay name Malay: Laut China Selatan Portuguese name Portuguese: Mar da China Meridional Vietnamese name Vietnamese: The South China Sea is a marginal sea south of China. ...
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Australia
 As concerns over terrorism in SE Asia has grown in recent years, Australia has become the second largest provider of defence training to the Philippines after the United States. In 2003, the governments of Australia and the Philippines signed a MOU pertaining to the combating of international terrorism and transnational crime. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...
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Subsequently, in May 2007 on a visit to Australia by President Arroyo, Australia and the Philippines signed a Status of Forces Agreement. A Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) is an agreement between a country and a foreign nation stationing military forces in that country. ...
Australia also assisted the Philippines and The US in battles in the Philippines during World War 2.
Australia is also perhaps the 3rd closest military ally of the Philippines. The Philippines and Australia is also believed to have a Mutual Defence Treaty which states that if the Philippines is invaded by an external force Australia should support the Philippines in fighting and in turn if Australia is invaded by an external force the Philippines should also support Australia.
East Timor
The Philippines was actively involved in leading the United Nations peacekeeping forces in East Timor during its move towards independence. When several nations recognized East Timor's sovereignty, the Philippines began official diplomatic relations between the two governments with the establishment of an embassy in Dili. Image File history File links Flag_of_East_Timor. ...
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The Philippines has pledged increased commerce and trade with East Timor and has also sought to cultivate cultural and educational exchanges. The two nations share a legacy in Asia as being the region's only states with Roman Catholic and Christian majority populations. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...
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Military alliance Ever since East Timor's independence the Philippine Military has also supported the Military of East Timor by deploying a number of soldiers to assist in peacekeeping missions and training for the soldiers of East Timor army. The Philippines has also supplied M16 Rifles, Shotguns, Pistols and other light infantry weapons to East Timor. The Philippines is also expected to sell Trucks and military Jeeps to the East Timor Army. The Philippines is also rumored to sell 6-7 of the decommissioned UH-1 Iroquois to the East Timor Air Corps. The Philippines and East Timor has also signed an agreement that if an external party/force were to invade East Timor the Philippines would assist East Timor in fighting by deploying at least 900-1000 soldiers to East Timor. M16 or M-16 may be: M16 rifle M16 (connector) M16 (knife) M16 (pitrilysin family), a peptidase M16 plotting board M-16 scow Eagle Nebula, a Messier object and open cluster in the Serpens constellation John Bell Williams Airport (M16 IATA airport code), in Raymond, Mississippi NOTE: M16 is sometimes...
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European Union
The European Union and the Philippines shares diplomatic, economic, cultural and political relations. The European Union has provided € 3 million to the Philippines to fight poverty and € 6 million for counter-terrorism against terrorist groups in the Southern Philippines. The European Union is also the 3rd largest trading partner af the Philippines with the Philippines and The European Union importing and exporting products to each other. There are at least (estimated) 31,961 Europeans (not including Spanish) living in the Philippines. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...
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France
During the centennial of the French Revolution in 1889 , Rizal sought to organize a conference that called Association Internationale des Philippinistes was to be launched with Ferdinand Blumentritt was President and Edmond Plauchut as vice president. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...
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The French also permited Philippine hero Jose Rizal to live in exile in France where he wrote the books Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. These books were also inspired by the French Literary giant Alexander Dumas This article is about the Latin phrase. ...
El filibusterismo (The Reign of Greed as the alternative English title) is the second novel written by Philippine national hero José Rizal. ...
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On June 26, 1947 the Philippines and France signed a Treaty of Amity which established diplomatic relations with the 2 countries.[1]
The Philippines and France also have some sort of economic or trading deal with each other.
French in the Philippines There are about 700 French living in the Philippines for either education, business, work or other reasons.
Iran
Ambassador ALadin G. Villacorte presented his Letters of Credence to H.R. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic or Iran at ceremonies held at the Presidential Palace in Tehran on 10 September 2007. Image File history File links Flag_of_Iran. ...
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In a brief statement, Ambassador Villacorte expressed his warm felicitations on behalf of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and the Filipino people, underscoring the Philippine commitment to see full range of our relations to grow and mature” particularly in the fields of trade and investment, tourism and culture.
Ambassador Villacorte also emphasized that both Philippines and Iran have collaborate on issue of global concern. “Indeed we have made significant contributions to the promotion of the better understanding among nations through interfaith dialogue and cooperation.
Concerns The Philippines is also concerned about Iran's strained relations with The United States and Israel fearing that since the Philippines is a close ally to the United States and to a lower extent Israel, if Iran goes to war against the US and/or Israel this could threaten relations with Iran and the Philippines might have to help the United States fight Iran.
Israel
Considered a key vote in the creation of a Jewish state, the Philippines was the only Asian nation to vote in favor of a United Nations partition resolution on November 29, 1947. The partition resolution created the country of Israel in Palestine. Full diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Israel did not occur until 1957. The Filipino embassy opened in Tel Aviv in 1962; the Israeli embassy opened in Manila in the same year. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the two countries in 1997, further cementing bilateral political dialogue between the foreign ministries. There are approximately 60,000 Filipino workers, in Israel.[3] Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ...
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Japan
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Philippine-Japanese relations were smooth and successful in the early 1990s, despite bitter memories of the cruelty of the Japanese during their occupation of the Philippines in World War II (cf. ...
Relations between the Philippines and Japan have rapidly improved since the end of World War 2. Modern relations between the Philippines and Japan are very close and Japan is a key trading, economic and possibly military ally of the Philippines. Japan has also assisted the Philippines in building tunnels, bridges and highways (Motorway) in Metro Manila. In 2005/2006 Japan dropped an 8 billion dollar debt with the Philippines and after the Leyte Mud slide Japan deployed soldiers to Leyte to assist Filipino and foreign workers. There are thousands of Japanese nationals/citizens (civilians) living in the Philippines (see Ethnic groups in the Philippines for details). Japanese business people have opened a large number of businesses in the Philippines offering jobs to Filipino workers. Japan is also (economically) supporting the Philippines in Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines. German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ...
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Defence Alliance Japan and the Philippines also agreed to support each other in the event that an external force were to invade either the Philippines or Japan. Japan is also one of the closest allies of the Philippines.
Pakistan
The official visit by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to the Philippines on April 18, 2005 signaled increased relations between the two nations. Four agreements were signed in the presence of President GloriaMacapagal-Arroyo and visiting Pakistani President Pervez Musharrafin the presidential palace: Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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- a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on combating terrorism and certain other crimes;
- an agreement on the abolition of visa requirements for holders of diplomatic passports and the facilitation of issuance of entry visas to holders of official passports;
- an agreement on program of cultural exchanges from 2005 to 2009, calling for the implementation of various exchanges in the cultural information materials, performing arts and the promotion, conservation, restoration of historical and cultural patrimony; and
- a MOU formalizing the business agreements between the Philippine International Trading Corp. (PITC) and United Marketing of Pakistan for the supply of pharmaceuticals from Pakistan to support the low-cost medicines program of the Philippine government.[4]
Apart from the four agreements, President Musharraf also assured Pakistan's full support for the Philippine government's efforts to end the decades old rebellion in the southern islands of Mindanao.[4]
People's Republic of China
The Philippines and China established diplomatic relations on June 9, 1975 with the signing of the Joint Communiqué by leaders of the two countries. Since then bilateral relations between the two countries have developed steadily despite some difficulties. Both countries have maintained high level contacts and exchanges. Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ...
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Several major bilateral agreements were signed between the two countries over the years, such as: Joint Trade Agreement (1975); Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement (1978); Postal Agreement (1978); Air Services Agreement (1979); Visiting Forces Agreement (1999); Cultural Agreement (1979); Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (1992); Agreement on Agricultural Cooperation (1999); Tax Agreement (1999); and Treaty on Mutual Judicial Assistance on Criminal Matters (2000). In May 2000, on the eve of the 25th anniversary of their diplomatic relations, the two countries signed a Joint Statement defining the framework of bilateral relations in the 21st century.
Bilateral relations between the Philippines and China have significantly progressed in recent years. The growing bilateral relations were highlighted by the state visit to China of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on 29-31 October 2001. During the visit, President Arroyo held bilateral talks with top Chinese leaders, namely President Jiang Zemin, NPC Chairman Li Peng, and Premier Zhu Rongji. President Arroyo also attended the 9th APEC Economic Leaders Meeting held in Shanghai on October 20-21, 2001, where she also had bilateral talks with President Jiang.
According to President Arroyo, her state visit to China has raised the level of Philippines-China relationship to a more mature and enduring level. She said that the visit has brought the Philippines closer to the emerging economic center of gravity of Asia and the world. During President Arroyo's visit, eight important bilateral agreements were signed, namely:
Treaty on Extradition Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Combating Transnational Crime Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation Against Illicit Traffic and Abuse of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Precursor Chemicals Exchange of Notes on the Establishment of the Philippine Consulate General in Shanghai Financial Protocol Between the Department of Finance and the China National Construction and Agricultural Machinery Import and Export Corporation Memorandum of Understanding between the Philippine Sports Commission and the State General Administration of Sports of China on Sports Cooperation Cooperation Agreement between the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry and China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Memorandum of Understanding between the Chinese Filipino Business Club, Inc. and the All-China Federation of Industry
New Zealand
The Philippines and New Zealand does not have very close military relations but have good economic relations. The Philippines does import New Zealand products such as Wood, Meat, Milk and many more plus both New Zealand and the Philippines are part of APEC and New Zealand does permit a large amount of Filipinos migrants and workers to enter New Zealand. New Zealand did once offer the Philippine Air Force their A-4 Skyhawk fighter.[5][not in citation given] During the Southern Leyte Mud Slide New Zealand also provided $NZ 1200 to the Philippine Government. New Zealand and the Philippines also fought in wars such as World War 2,the Korean War, Vietnam War, and the War on Terror. Both New Zealand and The Philippines have an Embassy on each others Capital (Wellington and Manila). There are at least 900 New Zealanders living in the Philippines. Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ...
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Netherlands
The Philippines is also a beneficiary of several Dutch development cooperation programmes. Under the ORET, PSOM and PESP subsidy schemes, Dutch businessmen are provided assistance in their investment projects in the Philippines. Under the NUFFIC program, fellowships in selected graduate courses are granted to qualified Filipinos. The Senior Experts Program (PUM) sends retired executives to render expert technical advice on business projects in the country. The Center for Promotion of Importers from Developing Countries (CBI) provides technical training to Filipino business and staff of business support organizations and sends also technical consultants to the country. Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ...
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The incumbent Philippine Ambassador to the Netherlands is Mr. Romeo A. Arguelles while the Dutch Ambassador to the Philippines is Mr. Robert A. Vornis.
The Philippine Honorary Consul-General in Amsterdam is Mr. Eppo Horlings and the Philippine Honorary Consul-General in Rotterdam is Hendrik Meijboom. The Dutch Honorary Consul in Cebu City is Mr. Robert Aboitiz.
In the 1980s, Philippine exports to the Netherlands shifted from the traditional agricultural products to electronic items. As of 2003, more than three-fourths of Philippine exports were semi-conductors and other electronic products.
At present, among the major Dutch investors in the Philippines are Shell, Philips, Unilever, ABN-AMRO and ING Banks, Makro and Liquigaz. On the other hand, Philippine National Bank, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, and Equitable-PCI Bank have remittance offices in the Netherlands.[2]
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