PH Ambassador Joins ASEAN Committee in Prague in Working Visit to Ústí nad Labem
Ústí regional Governor Jan Schiller (center) opens the meeting of the regional Chamber of Commerce and the ASEAN Committee in Prague at the Regional Office of Usti nad Labem on 12 November 2021. Ambassador Ombra T. Jainal (1st from top right) and Minister and Consul General Indhira C. Bañares (bottom left) invited the Chamber to invest in the Philippines and welcomed the interest to hire more Filipino workers, including for the health sector, in the Czech Republic. (Prague PE photo)
PRAGUE, 16 November 2021 – Philippine Ambassador to the Czech Republic Ombra T. Jainal joined the heads of mission of the ASEAN Committee in Prague (ACP) in a working visit to the Ústí nad Labem region on 12 November 2021.
The ACP meetings with Governor Jan Schiller, Chair of the National Minorities Committee Karolina Žákovská, and the regional Chamber of Commerce explored areas of cooperation between the Usti region and the ASEAN and its member states. Particularly, potential areas for cooperation include education and culture, environmental protection (water and biodiversity management), clean energy, robotics, health care, and labor.
In the morning, the ACP held a meeting with executives of Tamda Foods to discuss the promotion and possible inclusion of more products from the ASEAN member states in the supermarket chain. The branch in Usti is the biggest among the branches of Tamda Group in terms of foot traffic in view of its proximity to Germany.
Ambassador Jainal invited the Chamber of Commerce to invest in the Philippines and welcomed the interest to hire more Filipino workers in the Czech Republic. Currently, there are more than 200 Filipino workers in the Ústí region, who are mostly in the automotive industry.
The ACP is composed of six embassies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the Czech Republic: Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. END
Ambassador Ombra T. Jainal (4th from right) and Minister and Consul General Indhira C. Bañares (right) join Ústí regional Governor Jan Schiller (7th from left) and members of the ASEAN Committee in Prague for a group photo after the meeting on 12 November 2021. (Prague PE photo)
Ambassador Ombra T. Jainal (5th from left) and Minister and Consul General Indhira C. Bañares (3rd from right) join Tamda Foods Director Le Minh Cau (5th from right) and members of the ASEAN Committee in Prague for a group photo before the tour of the 22,000-square meter shopping center on 12 November 2021. (Prague PE photo)
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