The Philippines Spain's only Asian colony for 333 years are enjoying great relations and it improves alot when King Juan Carlos and his wife Queen Sofia visited Manila for the 100th Philippine Indpendence day from Spain in 1998. Spain reaffirms that they will be the Philippines Gateway to the European Union and in Latin America.
Spanish Ambassador to the Philippines Jorge Domecq told the reporters that the "Philippines is the only country in Asia to receive more aid and development assistance from Spain than any other Asian country". He added that the Philippines remains a priority of the Spanish aid in development efforts and partnerships with the European Union, even despite budget cuts on development funding brought on by austerity measures being implemented by the Government of Spain. The Former Spanish Minister José Bono Martínez assure that despite economic crisis in Spain, it will continue to help and turn a "fraternal eye" on its former colony, the Philippines, during the launch of the 6th Tribuna España-Filipinas held on Makati this week.
Spain and the Philippines sign an agreements aimed for boosting the two countries relations in sports, culture, and education, one of this agreement is the promotion, teaching and learning of the Spanish language in the Philippines.
In July 2012, the Queen Sofia visited the Philippines for a fourth time. She inspected several development projects around the former Spanish colony that the her country's government is funding via the Agencia Española de Cooperacion Internacional para el Desarollo (AECID). She visited the National Library, National Museum and the University of Santo Tomas. She also met with Spanish nationals residing in the Philippines, and attend a reception at the Spanish Embassy. She also attended a state dinner in her honour at Malacañan Palace hosted by President Benigno Aquino III. Also during her visit in the former colony of her country, Queen Sofia expressed appreciation to Aquino for the country’s effort to reintroduce the Spanish language in the Philippine public education system and mentioned:
"It opens up opportunities to secure the well-being of future generations of Filipinos in the globalized world."
Spain has an embassy in Manila, and the Philippines has an embassy in Madrid. As of 2007, there are 115,362 Filipinos with dual citizenship. There are also 40,000 Filipinos residing in Spain that do not hold the Spanish citizenship.and an estimated of 4,000 Spanish citizens residing in the Philippines.
by: Laurence "Lorie" (Admin Pilipinas)
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~http://www.tempo.com.ph/2013/06/11th-philippine-spanish-friendship-day/#.Uc9v79jASc8
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