Philippines President Marcos Jr. to visit India as two sides deepen maritime cooperation

NEW DELHI

India will host the Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr., President of Philippines on August 4-8, with a movement aiming to deepen maritime cooperation with the Southeast Asian region. This will be the first visit by President Marcos JR, son of the late President Ferdinand Marcos, who visited India in 1976.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will officially start with a ceremony reception in Rashtrapati Bhavan, and President Marcos Jr. He said he would visit Mahatma Gandhi monument in Rajghat. Shortly after the welcome ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan, President Marcos JR. will have negotiations with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the level of delegation that signed multiple agreements and mouss with two sides. He will visit Bengaluru on August 7.

The visit is seen as the climax of the constant political level, even if it strengthens the cooperation of sea because it is strong supporters of navigation in the South China Sea, both the Philippines and the Indian Sea. Mr. Modi, President Marcos Jr.^ST ASEAN-India Summit and 19^th In October 2024, Vientiane is the East Asian Summit in Lao PDR.^th ASEAN-India Summit in Jakarta in September 2023. Previously, Mr. Modi congratulated President Marcos JR after the election victory in 2022.

Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar met with the Philippines Enrique A. Manalo Secretary of Foreign Affairs on 18 March 2025, where Mr. Manalo joined the Raisina dialogue in the new Delhi. The ministers also met on July 25, 2024 at Vientiane’s meeting of the ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers meeting. Mr. Jaishankar visited the Philippines between 25-27 March 2025. During the visit, he met the Secretary Manalo and the National Defense Secretary Teodoro Gilbert and President Marcos Jr.

The Marcos family has been part of Philippine politics for more than half a century. Mayor Ferdinand Marcos, who applied martial law to the Philippines in 1972, visited India in May 1976 in May 1976 in Nairobi in May 1976.

The upcoming five -day visit draws attention shortly after reaching the Port of Manila to make the joint patrol of the Philippine Navy of several Indian navy and the Western Philippine Sea. Indian sea ships on August 1 INS DELHI– INS Shakti And Ins Kiltan The Back Admiral Susheel was greeted in the Eastern fleet in the Philippines, led by Menon. The Philippines’ Armed Forces General Romeo Brawner Jr., the Philippines media, said that the presence of Indian resuctives in the media is a “open demonstration” to protect the maritime area. Development comes months later, the first Hundred-Philippines maritime dialogue was carried out in December 2024.