Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo is set to undertake a five-day official visit to Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to the agency on Sunday.

Manalo will be in Argentina from 11 to 16 September to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Argentina.

According to the DFA, Manalo is expected to be received by his Argentine counterpart, Minister for Foreign Affairs Santiago Andres Cafiero on 13 September 2023.

The DFA chief and Cafiero will discuss the deepening Philippine-Argentina cooperation agenda, which includes cooperation in science and technology, specifically in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and outer space; technical cooperation in agriculture; trade and investments; and cultural relations.

He will also have speaking engagements in the multilateral arena at the Consejo Argentino para Relaciones Internacionales, the foremost think tank in Argentina; and the Universidad de Belgrano, about the longstanding bilateral relations and cooperation between Argentina and the Philippines.

The Philippines was the first ASEAN country to establish relations with Argentina.

The DFA said Manalo's trip to Argentina will be the first official visit by a Philippine foreign chief to that country in more than 10 years, a "concrete demonstration of the country's commitment to forging stronger and deeper bonds with Latin America."

The agency described Latin America as "a region with which the Philippines shares many cultural and historical commonalities."