The European Union and the Philippines are commemorating their sixty years of diplomatic relations through a multimedia exhibition titled “Shared Journey: 60 Years of EU-Philippines Diplomatic Relations” at the Yuchengco Museum, RCBC Plaza in Makati City. The exhibition is ongoing until June 14, 2024.
The exhibition documents the EU–Philippines relations since the presentation of credentials by the first Philippine Ambassador to the European Commission Vicente I. Singian in 1964. The EU Delegation to the Philippines was officially opened on May 15, 1991.
The exhibition employs images, sounds, and objects to chronicle the EU-PH friendship and cooperation over the last six decades.
The exhibition is one of a series of events organized by the EU Delegation to the Philippines. Recently it also conducted the choral festival “Sounds of Celebration: Sixty Years of EU-PH Relations” in partnership with the University of Santo Tomas in Manila.
EU Ambassador to ther Philippines Luc VĂ©ron underscored the longstanding partnership of the EU with the Philippines and their shared commitment to a rules-based international order. He also mentioned the collaboration on circular economy, sustainable energy and enhanced connectivity to build a greener and more interconnected future.
Meanwhile, Europe Day reception was held early this month with Ambassador Véron and Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Antonio Morales and the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Papal Nuncio to the Philippines H.E. Archbishop Charles John Brown, leading the toast.
The award-winning choir in the choral festival “Sounds of Celebration: Sixty Years of EU-PH Relations,” Los Cantantes de Manila, conducted by Darwin Vargas, rendered the anthem of the Philippines and the EU Hymn.
Europe Day marks the founding of the European Union and is celebrated by the EU Delegations across the globe.
Further marking this occasion in the Philippines, more iconic buildings and monuments such as the Rizal Monument and Dancing Fountain in Rizal Park, the National Museum of the Philippines, the De La Salle University and Heroes Square hosting the Honorary Consulate of Georgia in Manila, the Mabalacat City College, and the University of the Philippines in Miagao, were illuminated in the EU flag blue and yellow colors.
