FUNCTION

The Office of the Middle East and African Affairs (OMEAA) assists the Secretary in the conduct of foreign relations and bilateral activities with the countries in the Middle East and Africa. It is directly under the supervision of the Undersecretary for Policy.

OMEAA has four geographic divisions, namely:

Division 1 – (Middle East) covers Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Israel, Palestine, and Jordan;

Division 2 – (Gulf States) covers Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Hajj Pilgrimage, and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC);

Division 3 - (Sub-Saharan Africa) covers Nigeria and all the countries to which the Philippine Ambassador in Abuja is accredited, namely: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo; Kenya and all the countries to which our Ambassador in Nairobi is accredited, namely: Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda; and South Africa and all the countries to which the Philippine Ambassador in Pretoria is accredited, namely, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Division 4 – (North Africa) covers Egypt, and Sudan to which the Philippine Ambassador in Cairo is accredited; Libya, and all those countries to which the Philippine Ambassador in Tripoli is accredited, namely: Algeria, Chad, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Niger, and Tunisia; and Morocco, which is under the jurisdiction of the Philippine Embassy in Madrid.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Email Address:  omeaa@dfa.gov.ph 
             Tel.: (632) 834-49-68
            Fax.:  (632) 551-68-79