Modi-Marcos Jr. talks will considerably deepen bilateral ties: Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday (August 4, 2025) referred to as on Philippines President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr and asserted that his talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 5 will “significantly deepen our bilateral partnership”.

The President of the Republic of the Philippines kicked off his five-day State Visit to India on Monday.

During his go to, Mr. Marcos Jr will meet President Droupadi Murmu, maintain bilateral talks with Prime Minister Modi, and participate in a number of engagements to bolster ties between the 2 nations.

“Delighted to call on President @bongbongmarcos of the Philippines this evening in Delhi at the start of his State Visit. Confident that his talks with PM @narendramodi tomorrow will significantly deepen our bilateral partnership,” the exterior affairs minister posted on X.

He additionally shared a photograph of their assembly.

Mr. Modi and Mr. Marcos Jr are scheduled to carry bilateral discussions on August 5.

The go to of President Marcos Jr coincides with the seventy fifth anniversary of India-Philippines diplomatic relations.

The go to is a chance for each the leaders to set the trail for future bilateral cooperation and to have interaction on regional and worldwide problems with mutual curiosity, the Ministry of External Affairs had stated in an announcement on July 31.

Diplomatic relations between India and the Philippines had been established in November 1949.

In his tackle at an occasion held right here in November 2024 to mark the seventy fifth anniversary of India-Philippines diplomatic relations, Jaishankar had stated that their bilateral ties are rooted in democratic values, pluralistic ethos and financial commonalities, and the friendship between the 2 nations is really an “enduring one” that’s now poised to maneuver to a “higher orbit”.

He had additionally stated that each the nations are “deeply committed to upholding international law, norms and rules”.