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P H O T O  R E L E A S E
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SFA-AGR-July-05                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         07  July  2005

SECRETARY ROMULO CITES CONTRIBUTION OF RP AND PROC
 ENVOYS TO GOLDEN AGE OF BILATERAL RELATIONS

7 July 2005—Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto G. Romulo honors the five former PROC Ambassadors to Manila and five former RP Ambassadors to Beijing for being the “hands and minds” that brought RP-China bilateral relations into a “golden age of partnership.”   Secretary Romulo hosted a luncheon for the former envoys at the Intercontinental Hotel, Makati City, which was also attended by Chinese Ambassador Wu Hongbo (1st left row) and Philippine Ambassador-designate to Beijing Teofisto Guingona (7th right row).  (Photo by MARK SANTOS)