In Central Europe, President Marcos faced questions on the human rights situation in the Philippines, signed multi-billion-dollar investment deals which Malacañang bragged about, and answered criticisms of his constant foreign travels
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In the meeting between Marcos and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the latter asked the Philippine president about his stance on the International Criminal Court’s ongoing probe of the previous administration’s human rights violations.,” with his administration supposedly turning its back on violent methods.
He thanked Scholz for Germany’s continued support, particularly on capacity-building of the Philippine Coast Guard. During Marcos’ stay, Germany affirmed its recognition of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, as well as the 2016 arbitral ruling that essentially invalidated Beijing’s all-encompassing claims to the South China Sea.
In Prague, the Philippines signed a joint communique with the Czech Republic on the establishment of labor consultation mechanism between the two countries’ labor departments. Lufthansa Technik, whose expansion plan in the Philippines includes the “construction of a second hangar in Clark, amounting $150 million”
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