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Notice of Embassy Holiday (August 2023)

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Category: General Announcements

The public is hereby informed that the Philippine Embassy in Jakarta will be closed on the following dates:

• 17 August 2023 (Thursday) - IDN Independence Day
• 28 August 2023 (Monday) - National Heroes' Day

For concerns on passport, visa, civil registration, authentication, notarials and other consular transactions, please send your inquiry via email to jakartaconsular(at)yahoo.com .

If you are a Philippine citizen in distress needing EMERGENCY assistance in Indonesia (arrested /detained by police, victim of human trafficking, and other emergencies of a similar nature) you may call the Assistance-to-Nationals hotline at 0811 887 344 or send an email to jakarta.atn(at)yahoo.com .

Please be guided accordingly.

PH Embassy welcomes PH Delegation to the 56th AMM and Related Meetings

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Category: Photo Release

(08 – 14 July 2023, Jakarta) – Philippine Ambassador to Indonesia H.E. Gina A. Jamoralin and Philippine Permanent Representative to ASEAN H.E. Hjayceelyn M. Quintana welcomed the Secretary of Foreign Affairs H.E. Enrique A. Manalo (upper left), SOM Leader and Undersecretary for Bilateral Relations and ASEAN Affairs Hon. Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro (lower left), DFA Assistant Secretary for ASEAN Affairs Mr. Daniel R. Espiritu and members of the Philippine delegation to the 56^th ASEAN Ministers’ Meeting and Related Meetings held on 11 to 14 July 2023 in Jakarta.

Ambassador Jamoralin hosted a welcome dinner for the Philippine Delegation on 11 July 2023 at St. Regis Hotel.

Statement of Sec. Enrique A. Manalo on the 7th Anniversary of the Award on the South China Sea Arbitration

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Category: Statements and Speeches

Statement of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs
on the
7th Anniversary of the Award on the South China Sea Arbitration
12 July 2023

The Philippines today commemorates the 7th Anniversary of the Award on the South China Sea Arbitration. An affirmation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and its dispute settlement mechanisms, the Award definitively settled the status of historic rights and maritime entitlements in the South China Sea and declared without legal effect claims that exceed entitlements beyond the geographic and substantive limits set by UNCLOS. It is now part of international law.

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