PBBM: 10 bilateral meetings with the leaders of different countries on the sidelines of the ASEAN-EU summit in Brussels, Belgium next week

 President Marcos, there are 10 bilateral meetings with the leaders of different countries on the sidelines of the ASEAN-EU summit in Brussels, Belgium next week

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is expected to attend as many as 10 bilateral meetings on the sidelines of his trip to Brussels Belgium next week for the ASEAN-EU summit. In the pre-departure briefing in Malakanya, Department of Foreign Affairs assistant secretary Daniel Espiritu said that apart from the king of Belgium where they will lay out a cooperation agreement for the agriculture sector and renewable energy, he also has a bilateral meeting with the leader of Estonia to in the cyber cooperation and extradition treaty. The president also had a bilateral meeting with the Czech Republic to discuss defense cooperation and the proposed technical transfer on defense program. The president will also talk to the leader of Spain, who will serve as EU council president for half of 2023, and is expected to close defense cooperation. -- Advertisement -- According to Espiritu, Denmark is also included in the president's bilateral meetings, in order to promote maritime cooperation, and shipbuilding. It will also meet with Germany, Poland, Finland, the Netherlands, and the European Union. Meanwhile, it is also expected that this meeting will discuss some other issues such as the South China Sea, unclos, ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. Discussions also included post pandemic and public health recovery, economic recovery, energy and food security, response to supply chain disruptions, digital economy, climate change action, biodiversity management, and development of Micro, small and medium enterprises. (MSMEs).