United Kingdom Prime Minister\u2019s trade envoy to ASEAN Richard Graham has renewed Britain\u2019s support to the Philippines\u2019 energy transition and acceleration of renewables, the UK Embassy in Manila said Thursday.<\/p>\n
The commitment was made during Graham\u2019s four-day working visit to the Philippines from April 24 to 27.<\/p>\n
The UK Embassy said the envoy also personally relayed his support during a reception hosted for key interlocutors in the Philippines\u2019 offshore wind agenda, including Department of Energy Undersecretary Rowena Guevara this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the event, Mr. Graham reaffirmed the UK\u2019s support to the Philippines\u2019 energy transition shift and acceleration of renewables. The UK has been providing strong government and industry support to the Philippine energy sector including the recent successful offshore wind study visit in the UK last February attended by key Philippines government officials,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
Graham cited trade and investment opportunities in the country and renewed commitment to build on ongoing collaboration in the areas of offshore wind development as well as cyber and Al where the UK is keen to explore and do more in the country.<\/p>\n
Graham also called on Philippine Space Agency Director General Joel Marciano, Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual, Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista, senior officials from the Department of Agriculture, and the private sector.<\/p>\n
Against the backdrop of the recent launch of the UK\u2019s International Tech Strategy in March, Graham likewise engaged with the Philippine delegation joining this year\u2019s London Tech Week, a global celebration of technology, innovative thinkers, and pursuit of technology.<\/p>\n
The International Tech Strategy aims to strengthen tech partnerships and support development with focus on critical technologies of tomorrow including Al, quantum, semiconductors, telecoms and engineering biology.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the end of his visit, Graham said: \u201cAs always, it is a great pleasure to visit the Philippines even more so with the growing and stronger trade relationship, with bilateral trade up more than 30 percent in the last year to 2.3 billion pounds.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI look forward to working with many of those that I have met this week to continue to ensure that the UK-Philippines trade and investment relation ship continues to go from strength to strength,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The Embassy said this visit is a \u201cstrong demonstration\u201d of the UK\u2019s intent to further bolster trade relations with countries in the Indo-Pacific, including the Philippines. (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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