26 January 2017 – Austrian Ambassador to the Philippines Josef Muellner paid his farewell call on Secretary Perfecto R. Yasay, Jr. on January 16 after serving as Austrian Ambassador to the Philippines for three years.
During his call, Ambassador Muellner expressed satisfaction for his fruitful stay in the country and cited the excellent partnership between the Philippines and Austria.
The Secretary thanked Ambassador Muellner for strengthening Philippine-Austria relations and highlighted the Ambassador’s achievements such as the inking of a soft loan facility amounting to €20.493 million for the purchase of 76 units of Austrian-made Rosenbauer TLF 4000 fire trucks for the Bureau of Fire Protection Capability Program, as well as the signing of the joint venture of Ayala Corporation with Kronreif & Trunkenpolz Mattighofen AG (KTM AG) motorcycle company to establish a manufacturing facility in the Philippines in 2017.
The two countries celebrated the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations in 2016.
Ambassador Muellner will depart the Philippines on January 25. END