Slovakia, PH open to explore cooperation in nuclear, water management – FMs

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MANILA – Slovakia and the Philippines are open to explore opportunities for cooperation in various areas, including nuclear energy, water management, and inf...

BILATERAL MEETING. Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro (right) and Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár hold a joint press conference after their bilateral meeting at the DFA office in Pasay City on Thursday (Nov. 12, 2026). The Slovak top diplomat is on an official visit to Manila for the formal opening of Slovak Embassy in Manila and Slovakia’s accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC). (Photo by Joyce Rocamora)

MANILA – Slovakia and the Philippines are open to explore opportunities for cooperation in various areas, including nuclear energy, water management, and information technology.

This was disclosed after a bilateral meeting between Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro and Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár, who is in Manila for the formal opening of the Slovak Embassy in Manila and Slovakia’s accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC).

Blanár said cooperation on clean energy has the most potential for expansion between the two states, especially with Slovakia’s experience and technical expertise in the area.

“What is very important is that we have to cooperate more closely, as we are cooperating right now,” he said.

“We are a member of the European Union, and we are in a certain position where we are losing for many reasons competitiveness, and we have to open to cooperation with countries like ASEAN countries and Indo-Pacific because here is where the economy is rising,” he said.

He said Slovakia can also offer potential partnership in the area of defense, citing the country’s “very strong defense industry.”

The two countries are set to follow through on the said discussions in their first formal political consultation in Slovakia next year.

“We agreed that we will host this first meeting of political consultation in Slovakia next year at the level of State Secretary, where we can discuss all those issues and find areas for future cooperation,” Blanar said.

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