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government of Saudi Arabia and the Philippines was formed following the state visit of Duterte in Saudi.

The ambassador, in a brief discussion during his visit to The ManilaTimes Tuesday, said the commission will work to expand relations beyond labor and include investment, security cooperation, education and culture.

He noted that Saudi Arabia’s commitment to improve ties with the Philippines was due to the fact that since the establishment of re- never confronted any crisis.

Close to a million Filipinos are in Saudi Arabia.

Al-Bussairy said the Saudi government has worked to promote the welfare, interests and rights of Filipino workers, including issuing several directives to increase the deployment of Filipino workers because many companies like them.

The President met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Two agreements were signed between the foreign ministers of the Philippines and KSA – one that involves the establishment of mechanisms on foreign affairs consultations and for cooperation between Philippines and Saudi foreign institutes and diplomatic academies.

- ism is also part of the Kingdom’s commitment to the Philippines.

“One of the purposes of this high coordination commission is to form a team that will work together for the country to combat this terrorism,” he said. meaningless given their small num representatives in House.

“I think that’s something that both houses of Congress must discuss. From my brief experience in Congress, Congress is not just deliberative, it’s consensual. You need to build consensus,” he said.

Roque, while not directly calling out Alvarez, said the two chambers must work together.

“The same consensus-building will have to be resorted to between the House and the Senate with the issue of how to move forward with Constituent Assembly,” Roque said.

“The President has not said how to do it. We leave it to the members of the Congress...The Congress is really independent of the Executive so we will let them resolve this issue,” he added.