TNPSC Thervupettagam

India - Philippines strategic partnership

August 10 , 2025 15 hrs 0 min 20 0
  • On August 5, 2025, India and the Philippines established a Strategic Partnership during Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s State Visit to India.
  • A comprehensive Plan of Action for 2025 to 2029 was outlined to guide the partnership.
  • The partnership builds on 75 years of diplomatic relations and the 1952 Treaty of Friendship.
  • Cooperation will cover political, defence, security, maritime, trade, investment, science, technology, health, agriculture, digital technologies, culture, tourism, and people-to-people exchanges.
  • Both nations support a free, open, and rules-based Indo-Pacific region adhering to international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
  • Economic focus includes boosting bilateral trade worth USD 3.3 billion in 2024-25 and concluding a Preferential Trade Agreement.

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