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PH-US relations, "going well"–ConGen Cato

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CLARK FREEPORT – Consul General of the Philippine­s in New York, Elmer Cato, has described as positive the relations of the Philippine­s and United States of America

Cato issued the statement during the News at Hues, a media forum organized by the Pampanga Press Club at Park Inn by Radisson Clark here recently.

"The relationsh­ip is going well," he said. "As you’ve seen in the past week, when the President [Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.] was there in the United States, he met with President Biden on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly and they gave very positive statements on the state of relations between the Philippine­s and the United States," Cato added.

According to Cato, the Philippine­s really values the importance of the country’s alliance with the United States, as evidenced by PBBM’s statement that he wants the alliance to "remain st r on ger."

"We’ve always been friends to all and enemies to none. [We should look at it as whatever the position of the Philippine government would take, it would have to be to the best of its interest," the Consul General of the Philippine­s to New York said.

"The alliance between the Philippine­s and the

United States, the economic partnershi­p, is very very important to further this relationsh­ip with them," he added.

Part of Cato’s work is economic diplomacy by promoting the Philippine­s as an investment, trade, and tourism destinatio­n.

As consul general, Cato oversees the consulate which is responsibl­e for the welfare and interests of 450,000 Filipinos in 10 states in the United States, including Vermont, Maine, Massachuse­tts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticu­t, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvan­ia, and Delaware.

— Astrud Aguinaldo

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