Press Release No. 043 - 03
06 February 2003

RP WILL SECURE FOREIGN DIPLOMATS, DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS.   --OPLE

Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas F. Ople today said that the Philippines remains committed to its obligations under international law to ensure the safety of resident foreign diplomats.  This came about in the face of reports that security for the Embassy of Iraq was either reduced or withdrawn altogether.  

Says Ople : “PNP Chief Hermogenes Ebdane himself has repeatedly assured me that the PNP continues to secure all embassies, consulates and offices of international organizations as well as their personnel.  Specifically, he told me just today that the security detail assigned to the Iraqi Embassy is still there, performing their assigned tasks.”  
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