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Marcos welcomes 4 new envoys
Manila Bulletin
|August 23, 2025
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. welcomed four newly designated ambassadors to the Philippines, reaffirming the vibrant and robust bilateral ties with their respective countries.
Those who presented their credentials to Marcos in Malacañang on Tuesday, Aug. 19, were Australian Ambassador Marc Innes-Brown, Israeli Ambassador Dana Kursh, and nonresident ambassadors to the Philippines Mariyam Shabeena Ahmed of the Maldives and Netra Prasad Timsina of Nepal.
In welcoming the new Australian envoy, Marcos said the engagements entered into by Australia and the Philippines play a “very, very important part in maintaining peace in our region.”
“Together with other multilateral relationships...these have strengthened once again the position of peace-loving countries and states,” Marcos said.
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