(Eagle News) — The Philippines and Sri Lanka on Wednesday, Jan. 16, inked several agreements during Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena’s state visit to the country.
The Palace said signed were:
- a memorandum of understanding between the Philippines’ Department of National Defense and the Ministry of Defense of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on defense and military education and training and exchanges of defense and military delegations
- a memorandum of understanding on academic cooperation in higher education between the Commission on Higher Education and the Ministry of City Planning, Water Supply, and Higher Education of Sri Lanka
- a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in agriculture, fisheries and related fields between the Philippines and Sri Lanka
- a memorandum of understanding 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 and
- a memorandum of understanding between the Philippines’ Department of Tourism and the Ministry of Tourism Development, Wildlife and Christian Religious Affairs of Sri Lanka
President Duterte and Sri Lanka President Sirisena witnessed the signing of the agreements in the Palace.
Sirisena will be in the country until Jan. 19.
The Palace had said this is the first visit of a Sri Lankan president who serves both as head of state and government under Sri Lanka’s 1978 Constitution.