Remarks of PCFR chairman Jaime S. Bautista at the 8th CPIFA-PCFR roundtable held in Beijing, China, on Oct. 12, 2024.

THE Philippine Council for Foreign Relations (PCFR) and the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) have exchanged visits to promote understanding, goodwill and peace between our two nations on the basis of people-to-people relations. These underscore the respective contributions we can make to efforts to promote peace, stability, and prosperity in our region through a dialogue on security, economics and culture.