President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is eyeing to expand the country’s relations with Saudi Arabia to cover other areas of cooperation.
“I know your time here is very productive. Our relation with your country is as strong as ever been and I think we will continue. We keep going and we have begun many things as well just during my time here as President,” Mr. Marcos said during a farewell call by Saudi Arabia Ambassador Hisham Sultan Abdullah Alqahtani on Thursday.
“So we would like to continue and make even deeper and more involved together with the kingdom and hopefully we can expand on all of the things that we’re already doing. These all happened under your watch,” he said.
The President said the discussions with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud and the other officials tackled some of the most important matters.
He stressed the “very good partnership” created between the two countries. He acknowledged Saudi Arabia’s position in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) which, he said, was helpful in the peace efforts in Mindanao.
For his part, Alqahtani thanked the President for meeting him prior to his departure. The Saudi envoy made huge success in his efforts for three and a half years to make the relations between the Philippines and Saudi Arabia even stronger.
Almost a million Filipinos are staying or working in Saudi Arabia, based on recent data.
