PH Consul General Meets with High-level Bavarian Officials

PHOTO: Consul General to Frankfurt Evelyn D. Austria-Garcia (second from right) met with Bavarian State Chancellery officials, including Protocol Chief Dr. Alfred Ruhrmaier on 05 June 2019 in Munich to explore avenues to further deepen Philippine relations with the German state.

Bavaria is home of luxury car-maker BMW, the heralded FC Bayern Munich football team, and Oktoberfest, among renowned companies and events. Also in the photo are Honorary Consul to Bavaria Dr. Stefan Detig and Bavarian State Chancellery Director for International Relations Dr. Bernd Foster. (Frankfurt PCG photo)

Consul General Austria-Garcia (third from left) is shown with Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IHK) of Munich and Upper Bavaria Managing Director for International Business, Industry & Innovation Frank Dollendorf (rightmost).  The IHK is the largest such chapter in Germany with approximately 390,000 member companies. 

Bavaria’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018 stood at US$ 700 billion, which is more than double that of the Philippines’ GDP of US$ 330 billion in the same year.  The Consul General underscored that now is the best time to consider the Philippines’ as a destination for German investments in view of the country’s continued stellar economic performance and challenges being confronted by Germany with its traditional economic partners.  A delegation of corporate executives from Bavaria is being planned to visit the Philippines in 2020.  Also in the photo are IHK Munich Unit Head for Asia-Pacific Hannes Aurbach (leftmost) and Deputy Consul General Emil Fernandez (rightmost). (Frankfurt PCG photo)

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