Visit to Japan by H.E. Albert F. Del Rosario, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines

June 22, 2012
Japanese

From Wednesday, June 27 to Friday, June 29, H. E. Albert F. Del Rosario, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines, will pay a visit to Japan upon invitation by the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
During his stay in Japan, Secretary Del Rosario is scheduled to hold a foreign ministers' meeting with Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs on Thursday, June 28; to pay a courtesy call to Mr. Katsuya Okada, Deputy Prime Minister; and to hold dialogues with members of Japan-Philippines Parliamentarians' Friendship League.
As a result of Secretary Del Rosario's visit to Japan, it is expected that the strategic partnership between the two countries will be further enhanced through a wide range of discussions with regard to the efforts for further strengthening the bilateral relations and cooperation in regional and international issues.

(*The foregoing is a provisional translation. The date indicated above denotes the date of issue of the original press release in Japanese.)

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