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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers his speech during the departure ceremony at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City as he embarks on a State Visit to the Republic of India from August 4 to 8, 2025.
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Job Manahan

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/175704983774220250804-marcos-india-visit-departure-PCO-4.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers his speech during the departure ceremony at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City as he embarks on a State Visit to the Republic of India from August 4 to 8, 2025.
Presidential Communications Office/File</div>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. will push for economic cooperation, combatting transnational crimes, and stronger intra-ASEAN trade in his first state visit to Cambodia, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Friday.Marcos is set to fly to Cambodia on Sunday for the three-day state visit.Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Angelica Escalona said this reciprocates the official visit in the Philippines of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet in February this year. “Apart from reinforcing people-to-people ties with Cambodia, the visit is also anchored on key objectives – to maintain, to diversify trade and economic relations [and] to strengthen cooperation in addressing transnational crimes,” Escalona said in a pre-departure briefing in Malacanang.“Very important [ito]. Una is to expand economic cooperation, meaning bilateral and intra-ASEAN trade, second is to strengthen cooperation in addressing transnational crimes, kasama diyan ang human trafficking,” she added.Escalona said Marcos might also discuss issues on scam hubs in Cambodia, where dozens of Filipinos were rescued in recent months. <div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/27/24-filipinos-rescued-from-online-scam-hubs-in-cambodia-repatriated-1908">24 Filipinos rescued from online scam hubs in Cambodia repatriated</a></div>The immigration bureau earlier said victims were targeted on social media and forced to work as love scammers to catfish European men.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/7/17/dfa-ramps-up-rescue-efforts-for-over-100-filipino-victims-trapped-in-southeast-asian-scam-hubs-1504">DFA ramps up rescue efforts for over 100 Filipino victims trapped in Southeast Asian scam hubs</a></div>“Importante yun sa Pilipinas, and we expect those issues to be discussed during the President’s bilateral meeting,” she said.Escalona said apart from these, the President’s visit seeks to get support for the Philippines’ ASEAN chairmanship next year.Marcos is expected to join a business meeting with Filipino and Cambodian business leaders to boost trade and investment relations between Manila and Phnom Penh, she said.Some of the agreements expected to be signed during the visit concern transnational crimes, higher education, and air services, she said.“The [meeting] is expected to result in agreements, initiatives that will expand cooperation and bring tangible benefits to Filipinos and Cambodians. It will further affirm the Philippines’ dedication to advancing its bilateral interests and connectivity to Cambodia,” Escalona said.“We are hoping na makapag-export tayo ng products, may it be food, beverages, pharmaceutical products. Franchising, Filipino franchising doon and we hope more Cambodian tourists coming to the Philippines and more Filipino tourists going to Cambodia,” she said.On intra-ASEAN trade, the DFA official said the Philippines wanted to see more Filipino products in neighboring countries.This might also be an opportunity for Philippine businesses to invest in Cambodia, she said.Cambodia’s main industries include textile exports, tourism, and agriculture, with Phnom Penh in February agreeing to supply rice and rubber to Manila.The ASEAN said Cambodia seeks to boost infrastructure development to drive economic growth and improve connectivity in the country and its neighbors.  Foreign Affairs Secretary Tess Lazaro, Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Cacdac, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, and Trade Secretary Cristina Aldeguer-Roque, and PCO Secretary Dave Gomez are among the delegates for the state visit. <div> </div>

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. will push for economic cooperation, combatting transnational crimes, and stronger intra-ASEAN trade in his first state visit to Cambodia, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Friday.

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. will push for economic cooperation, combatting transnational crimes, and stronger intra-ASEAN trade in his first state visit to Cambodia, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Friday.

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Marcos to tackle economic cooperation, fight vs transnational crimes in Cambodia state visit

Job Manahan,

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Published Sep 05, 2025 01:26 PM PHT

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