The Ambassador-Designate paid a courtesy call on Undersecretary for Policy Leo Herrera-Lim and Assistant Secretary Germinia Aguilar-Usudan at the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs.
The Ambassador-Designate presented copies of his Letters of Credence to Assistant Secretary Ariel R. Peñaranda, Chief of Protocol at the Department of Foreign Affairs.
The Ambassador-Designate arrived in Manila and was received at Ninoy Aquino International Airport by Department of Foreign Affairs representatives and Embassy officers.
The Chargé d’Affaires, Ambassador Regina K. Aondona, led an Embassy delegation on a condolence visit to Ateneo de Manila University following a tragic drowning incident.