29 July 2013 – Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. del Rosario receives German Ambassador Joachim Heidorn during the latter’s farewell call on July 25 at the Manila Diamond Hotel. Ambassador Heidorn is ending his tour-of-duty in the Philippines which started on 4 October 2011. During the call, Secretary del Rosario credited the Ambassador for helping put Philippine-German relations back on track, highlighted by high-level exchanges of officials. During his tenure, trade and tourism rose and a number of bilateral agreements were concluded including the Agreement Concerning the Deployment of Philippine Health Professionals in Employment Positions in the Federal Republic of Germany, signed on 18 March 2013 in Manila which opened the German employment market to Philippine nurses. END