News
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Statement on the situation in the South China Sea (June 17, 2024)
Read the statement published by the French Embassy to the Philippines
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Courtesy call on Senate President Francis Escudero (June 11, 2024)
French Ambassador Marie Fontanel met with newly elected Senate President Francis Escudero on 11 June 2024.
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Launch, in the presence of President Marcos, of the construction of a 440 MW solar power plant in Isabela province (June 10, 2024)
On June 10, Ambassador Marie Fontanel travelled to Ilagan, in the province of Isabela, to attend the signing of an interconnection agreement between the National Grid Corporation (NGCP) and the San Ignacio Energy Resources Development Corporation (SIERDC).
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Signing of an agreement on financial cooperation and development between France and the Philippines (June 7, 2024)
On Friday, June 7, 2024, Ralph G. Recto, Secretary of Finance of the Philippines, and Marie Fontanel, Ambassador of France to the Philippines, signed an Agreement on Financial Cooperation and Development (AFDC).
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Launch of the Blue Nations Initiative: France and Philippines partners for the Oceans (June 5, 2024)
On the occasion on the World Environment Day, the Embassy of France in the Philippines launched the "Blue Nations" initiative, a comprehensive program preparing for the United Nations Oceans Conference (UNOC3) in Nice June 2025 and aimed at enhancing political, scientific and civic engagement in the fields of environmental protection, climate action, blue economy and maritime security.
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Call for Proposals: Youth and Oceans
Ahead of the United Nations Conference on the Oceans in Nice, France, in June 2025, the Embassy of France to the Philippines and Micronesia is launching the programme "Fonds Equipe France-Organisations de la Société Civile" (FEF-OSC) entitled "Youth and Oceans" for 2024-2025.
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Port call of French destroyer Bretagne in Manila (May 31 - June 4, 2024)
The French Navy’s FREMM Bretagne (D655), an Aquitaine-class destroyer, made a port call in Manila from May 31 to June 4, enabling interactions between French and Filipino Navy officers.
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AFD and PPP Center hold final workshop on climate change and disaster risk considerations for PPP projects (May 27-28, 2024)
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Public-Private Partnership Center of the Philippines (PPP Center) conducted the culminating workshop to conclude the technical assistance (TA) project “Mainstreaming Climate Change and Disaster Risk Considerations in PPP Projects”. It was a two-day hybrid format workshop held on May 27-28, 2024 with nearly 170 participants (online and in-person) all over the Philippines.
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Goût de France / Good France is back in the Philippines (June 2024)
Goût de / Good France, introduced in 2015 by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in partnership with chef Alain Ducasse, is back in the Philippines this June 2024.
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4th France-Philippines Joint Defense Cooperation Committee (May 21-22, 2024)
France and the Philippines held the fourth iteration of their Joint Defense Cooperation Committee in Paris from May 21 to 22, 2024 to nurture their defense cooperation in the field of strategic affairs, military cooperation, logistics and defense industry.
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