Secretary’s Notes: Secretary Maria Theresa Lazaro — Department of Foreign Affairs
Well, uh, first of all, I just want to emphasize na inimbita ang pangulo dito sa New Delhi sa 18th brick summit in his capacity as chair of ASEAN. So kanina nagsalita siya, sinabi [nililinis ang lalamunan] sa kanya na sinabi niya lahat ang mga prioridad ng ASEAN. ano ang ating theme ano 'yung mga aspekto na na na na binibigay natin at pino-promote natin with ASEAN as well as the other dialogue countries? Of course si India is a dialogue country so alam na alam niya ang mga [nililinis ang lalamunan] ang mga sitwasyon sa Asian. So marami sinabi niya yun kasi marami sa mga bansa doon na member na bricks na hindi naman miyembro ng ASEAN pero so I think that was a very good opportunity to project Asian as well as the Philippines as the chair. Yeah. I think this is the first time na nakatanggap na imbitasyon ang pangulo to rather ang ASEAN to become um to be invited as one of the organizations to to um to attend the bricks. Again, um si presidente, si pangulo ay nagpapasalamat kay prime ministeri for the opportunity and I think this is a a very good venue to project the Philippines as the chair as well as ASAN. Yes, they had a new Delhi declaration but of course hindi naman tayo participant doon. Pero kung babasahin natin sa mga sa mga mga kausap naman ng pangulo kahapon eh siya rin ay maraming ah nakausap um all all organizations reg the region organizations that are based in Delhi on uh on um resilience climate resilience infrastructure that's called CDRI nagpa-briefing din ang pangulo sa mga sa mga train system nila that it's really I think very good and at the same time para makatulong din ang India sa atin sa sa ating mga ah space um projects. Since the state visit ni Pangulong Marcos dito sa India last year, um iyung impetus ng relasyon eh lalong lumakas and it aspects on many aspects uh particularly on um health care on uh financing certain programs on uh [nililinis ang lalamunan] um the uh uh technology s uh science and technology which actually India is uh is a um really sort of a leader no so maraming aspekto iyun plus the fact kasi na sa ASEAN coordinator tayo ng ASEAN India relations ng tatlong taon until 2027 yeah um tumagal nga as usual ang bilateral meeting ng Paulong Marcos at si Prime Minister Modi marami silang pinag-usapan uh it's the um some initiatives ng India that we would like to get involved particularly the CDRI. This is actually a coalition on disaster resilience. Meron din naman akong meron din siyang mga nakausap on uh on certain briefings. May mga business sector silang nakausap on some kind of payment system. I will not hindi ko yung detalye niyan siguro you can ask a secretary go who has sufficient knowledge and that matteriscuss [nililinis ang lalamunan] din yung mga posibleng kasi malaking tulong sa atin is also pharmaceuticals and uh some um trade related uh um issues na na dini-discuss naman din within well gusto ko lang idagdag na halos the whole day the meeting thing was uh really um going on and uh I think it's also a testimony na um kasi ano eh kaarawan ng pangulo ngayon and the fact that he's been working the whole day um is a testimonial na na he really continues to work for the country as well as um well international relations particular with the relations with India now um this is a testimony of kung anong nung klaseng um pinuno ang pangulo na maski na ito ay kaarawan niya and it's a Sunday and yet nandito siya nandito kami and uh pursuing the work that we're supposed to do and actually ang talagang um ang pinaka-main purpose ng ng ah presence niya at ibang mga cabinet members dito ay because of the strengthening of the relations and expansion Philippines and