Philippine Ambassador Mersole J. Mellejor introduced his credentials to President Ibrahim Traoré of the Folks’s Republic of Burkina Faso on the President’s Home within the capital Ouagadougou on Thursday, 19 December 2024.
President Traoré conveyed his gratitude to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for appointing an envoy to Burkina Faso. The president stated that he has tasked the Ministry of Overseas Affairs, Regional Cooperation and Burkinabes Overseas and different businesses to pursue cooperation with the Philippines in areas that may profit each nations.
On the Filipinos in Burkina Faso, the president stated that they’re very welcomed as he expressed his hope that they are going to be motivated to stay within the nation.
Ambassador Mellejor thanked President Traoré for the chance to current his credentials including that his objective is to work with the president’s official representatives to additional improve relations between the Philippines and Burkina Faso on the bilateral and worldwide ranges.
Diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Burkina Faso have been formally established on 10 October 2002. A lot of the Filipinos in Burkina Faso are related with the academe, non secular missions and the nation’s strategic gold mining sector.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Division of Overseas Affairs, Republic of the Philippines.
