ISRAEL Ambassador to
the Philippines Menashe Bar-On said the Philippines continues to attract
Israeli businessmen seeking to explore public-private partnerships
(PPPs) in the fields of telecommunications and agriculture technologies,
green energy and water management.
Bar-On
said at least eight Israel telecommunication companies are
participating in the Israel Telecommunications Investment Roadshow, to
be held in Manila on June 25 and 26.
“We aim to provide
opportunities for both Israel and Philippine investors to benefit from
the investment potentials in these areas,” said Bar-On in an interview
with the BusinessMirror at the sidelines of the Israel Chamber of
Commerce of the Philippines (ICCP) annual assembly held on Tuesday at
the Tower Club in Makati.
He
said in particular Israel investors are keen on sharing agriculture
technologies to Filipino partners to “improve productivity and quality
of harvests in the Philippines.”
Bar-On
also said his government also train Filipino agriculture experts on new
technologies in Israel to improve products and increase harvests. At
least 300 Filipino agriculture experts have been trained in Israel.
In
the fields of green energy, the Israeli envoy said there is a lot of
business potentials for solar and hydroelectric energy sectors that can
be explored by Israel investors.
“We
would like to provide a platform for Israel investors to learn about
the investment opportunities in the Philippines as there is a lot of
potentials [for growth] in this country,” said Bar-On.
The
Israeli ambassador hailed the signing of business partnership between
Globe Telecom and an Israeli telecommunications company sayng, “we hope
to do more [partnerships] in the fields of green energy and water
management.”
Josef
Gueta, president of the Israel Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines,
meanwhile encouraged Filipino investors to explore business
opportunities in Israel to promote good trade relations between the two
countries.
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