United States Ambassador to the Philippines Marykay Carlson had a taste of Bulacan’s culture and tradition during her first visit to the province to attend a forum.
She said that since 1961, the US government, through its Agency International Development fund, has already invested P290 billion worth of support for Philippine development.
“Our friendship brought its strength from individual level connection between our people as well, which connections goes back generations. You’ve lived with that. Seventy five years ago, the US had a Fullbright Scholarship program and several others wherein thousands of Pinoy and Americans have benefited,” the US Ambassador said.
As allies in security and defense, Carlson also spoke about the success and impact of the recently concluded Balikatan exercises and the extension of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement sites in the country. “We are not threatening others, we are protecting our people and if there will be a need for civil military operations during an emergency being the Philippines one of the most vulnerable to climate change and disasters. We are now expanding this in scale. The biggest most comprehensive complex Balikatan exercises that we just completed is a major achievement in the alliance and the extension of EDCA.
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