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Marcos departs for India on first state visit
The Freeman
|August 05, 2025
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. departed for India on Monday, August 4, for his first-ever state visit to the country, marking the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Manila and New Delhi.
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The presidential flight left Manila in the morning, with an estimated travel time of eight hours.
While abroad, Marcos left Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella III, and Education Secretary Leonor Briones in charge of domestic affairs.
Vice President Sara Duterte, with whom Marcos has had a public falling-out, was again bypassed for the role of caretaker.
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