20 November 2013 – Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Policy Evan P. Garcia and Irish Minister of State for European Affairs Paschal Donohoe met on November 12 at the sidelines of the ASEM Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi.

Both Undersecretary Garcia and Minister Donohoe expressed high hopes for increased bilateral trade, particularly in agriculture, possible technical cooperation on ocean and other renewable energy, and more frequent high-level visits.  They also welcomed cooperation between the two countries in multilateral fora such as the Asia-Europe Meeting they were attending. 

The Philippines and Ireland will have an opportunity to evaluate the progress of their relations and map out future cooperation activities as they hold their Second Bilateral Consultations in 2014 to be hosted by the Philippines in Manila.  The first Philippines-Ireland Bilateral Consultations were held in November 2012 in Dublin, Ireland. END