Marcos: PH, India to elevate ties to strategic partnership 

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Monday night disclosed that the Philippines and India would elevate their relations to a strategic partnership. 

“For seven and a half decades, we have had excellent relations with India. But tomorrow, this relationship is going to receive a major boost, a major upgrade as Prime Minister and I inaugurate a strategic partnership between the Philippines and India,” Marcos said during his meeting with the Filipino community in New Delhi. 

Marcos said this means that the two nations’ cooperation would intensify “and become even more impactful in many areas that we have not explored with India before.”

These include defense, trade and investment, health, tourism, and other areas, Marcos said. 

Marcos arrived in New Delhi this afternoon for a five-day state visit, which is upon the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

Meanwhile, in the same event, Marcos said his foreign visits always aim to improve the lives of Filipinos abroad. 

He also lauded Filipinos in India, saying that they have made an excellent portrait of a Filipino to the rest of the world. —LDF, GMA Integrated News