Marcos welcomes non-resident envoys to strengthen ties with other countries

President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. welcomed on Tuesday non-resident ambassadors-designate of Belarus, Ghana, Turkmenistan, Malta, Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua, with the aim to strengthen the ties between the Philippines and the countries that they represent.

Among those who presented their letters of credence to Marcos on Tuesday afternoon were Belarus Non-Resident Ambassador-designate Raman Ramanouski, Florence Buerki Akonor of the Republic of Ghana, Atadurdy Bayramov of Turkmenistan, and John Busuttil of the Republic of Malta.

Aside from them, Jaime Yorquis Francisco Rodriguez of the Dominican Republic and Sandy Anabell Dávila Sandoval of the Republic of Nicaragua also presented their credentials to the President.

In welcoming the ambassador-designate of Nicaragua, Marcos expressed hope that Nicaragua and the Philippines would continue to develop the relations between the two countries despite the distance.

“Although, we are far away I believe that distance, we should not allow distance to get in the way of our continuing relations and I hope you should learn more about the Philippines and that you will be able to explore some other possibilities… to the mutual benefit of our countries,” Marcos said.

Meanwhile, Belarusian Ambassador-designate Raman Ramanouski said he looks forward to develop the Philippine-Belarus constructive bilateral collaboration in various sectors such as trade and investment, food security, science and education, visa facilitation, as well as multilateral cooperation, in the framework of universal and regional organizations.

When it comes to the Dominican Republic, Marcos expressed hope that the two nations could find new ways to strengthen the relationship between the two countries ''which have very much shared history and experiences of the past few centuries.''

“So, I think that gives us a very good foundation to build on,” Marcos said. —KG, GMA Integrated News