Marcos Jr. aims to boost PH-Czech economic, defense ties

Updated Fri, February 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM Published Thu, February 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. aims to strengthen economic, defense, and diplomatic relations between the Philippines and the Czech Republic.

Discussions initiated during Marcos' March 2024 visit to Prague included labor policies for Filipino migrant workers, with around 8,700 Filipinos employed in the Czech Republic.

Czech Defense Minister Jana Černochová's visit, coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Manila, marked the first official visit by a Czech Defense Minister to the Philippines.

Department of National Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Minister Černochová reaffirmed defense ties and highlighted the resumption of the Philippine-Czech Joint Defense Committee (JDC) to enhance cooperation in capability development, training, and defense industry collaboration.

Secretary Teodoro provided updates on the security situation in the South China Sea/West Philippine Sea.

Potential areas for cooperation include cybersecurity and the Czech Republic's possible participation in the International Observers Program of the 2025 Exercise Balikatan.

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