DFA Lauds Appointment Of Career Diplomat As Chief Of Presidential Protocol, Foreign Affairs Adviser

12 August 2018 – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) today lauded the appointment by President Rodrigo Duterte of a career diplomat as one of the senior officials at the Office of the President and said this move would help advance the country’s foreign policy goals.

On Wednesday, Malacañang announced the appointment of Robert Eric Borje as Chief of Presidential Protocol and Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs.

“We congratulate Mr. Borje on his appointment. We are proud that one of our own has been chosen to handle such an important responsibility," Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter S. Cayetano said.

"We look forward to closely working with him in advancing the President’s foreign policy objectives,” Secretary Cayetano added.

Mr. Borje is a Foreign Service Officer who previously served at the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. and at the Philippine Mission to the United Nations in New York. Before his appointment to his present position, he has been serving as Assistant Chief of Presidential Protocol since 2016.

Before joining the foreign service, Mr. Borje worked at the Office of the President’s Mindanao Economic Development Council, now the Mindanao Development Authority, and was concurrently news desk editor and anchor for ABS-CBN Davao and live correspondent and producer for TV Patrol Manila and ANC. END