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President Marcos along with his wife reached Rajghat and paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.
The Philippines President Romeuldes Marcos Jr. is on a 5 -day state tour of India. He has met PM Modi today at Hyderabad House.
During this time the two leaders will sign on bilateral agreements. This will be followed by a joint press statement.
Earlier, he reached Rajghat and paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi. He was welcomed by PM Modi and President Draupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan. He was also honored with the Guard of Honor.
This is the first visit of President Marcos Junior to India after assuming office in 2022. He reached India on Monday. Along with him, the first lady Lewis Aranta Marcos and the high-level delegation of ministers have also come to India.
The visit to President Marcos is taking place on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between India Failippines. President’s reception photos …
President Marcos was honored with a Gord of Honor.
President Draupadi Murmu came forward and welcomed President Marcos.
President Draupadi Murmu and PM Modi along with President Marcos and his wife.
On Monday night, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar met President Marcos.
He was welcomed by Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margerita after landing at the airport on Monday.
Will leave for Karnataka today
President Marco will also meet Health Minister JP Nadda and President Draupadi Murmu. He will then leave for Bengaluru. There he will meet Karnataka Governor Thawarchand Gehlot.
Philippines is the only country buying BrahMos from India
India is also training the Philippines to operate the missile.
The Philippines is the only country to buy BrahMos from India. India sent the first batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to the Philippines in April last year.
The two countries had a deal between 375 million dollars for BrahMos missiles in January 2022. The speed of these missiles is 2.8 Mac and the firepower is 290 km. The speed of a Mac sound is 332 meters per second.
Each system in BrahMos has two missile launchers, a radar and a command and control center. Through this, two BrahMos missiles from submarine, ship, Aykraft can be fired on the enemy within 10 seconds.
Recently, India-Failipines performed naval military exercises
India and the Philippines have performed joint naval exercises for the first time in South China Sea. The practice, which started on Sunday 3 August, lasted for two days.
Missile demolition from India, INS Delhi, Tanker INS Shakti and Carvet INS Kilton joined the exercise. At the same time, the Philippines deployed BRP Miguel Malwar and BRP Jose Rizal Frigate.
China claims most of the South China Sea. China presents it as a disputed area. There is also a border dispute of China with both India and the Philippines.
