16 January 2019 07:38 pm
After the meeting, both countries inked five agreements on areas of military, tourism and agriculture and the Presidents witnessed the exchange of agreements held in Malacañang.
The agreements included Memoranda of Understanding between the Department of National Defence of the Philippines and the Defence Ministry of Sri Lanka concerning defence and military education and training and exchanges of defence and military delegations.
MoUs on cooperation in agriculture, fisheries and related fields and understanding on academic cooperation in higher education were also signed between the two countries.
Among the agreements signed were an MoU between the Department of Tourism of the Philippines and the Tourism Development, Wildlife and Christian Religious Affairs Ministry of Sri Lanka and an MoU between the University of the Philippines-Los Baños and the Sri Lanka Council for Agriculture Research Policy of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Economic Affairs, Livestock, Irrigation, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development (MAREALIFARD).
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