PH Embassy in Tripoli Meets Filipino Community

PHOTO: Chargé d’Affaires Elmer G. Cato of the Philippine Embassy in Tripoli discusses the security situation in the Libyan capital with members of the Filipino community on 19 January 2020 during a house call in a neighborhood near where fighting has been taking place for the past several weeks. The Embassy has been visiting Filipinos in various areas of Tripoli to convince them to relocate before the fighting gets dangerously close to them. (Francis Enaje photo)

Chargé d’Affaires Elmer G. Cato of the Philippine Embassy in Tripoli discusses with representatives of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) possible assistance the United Nations agency could extend to members of the Filipino community who have been affected by the current conflict in Libya. The Embassy has been working closely with the IOM since hostilities broke out in Tripoli in April.  (Maria Marnisa Ty photo)

Chargé d’Affaires Elmer G. Cato of the Philippine Embassy in Tripoli inspects a vacant lot inside a hospital where a wayward rocket fell and exploded last week. With him are the Embassy’s Assistance to Nationals Officer Francis Enaje and Security Adviser Maj. Gen. Mario Chan. The group later met with Filipino nurses and their dependents staying in the hospital compound to discuss the security situation in the Libyan capital. (Maria Marnisa Ty photo)

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