[Philippines] Message for India

[Apingdaldal]

[Message is encrypted and classified]

To: Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India

Greetings Your Excellency,

I am Alan Peter Cayetano of the Philippines' Department of Foreign Affairs. It's an honor communicating with you for the first time. I am writing to you for the purpose of starting a good relationship between our country.

For starters, we would like to open up commerce between our 2 nations by establishing trade routes between our countries. To refresh our memory in history, Indian cultural influence reached the Philippines during the 7th century Sriwijaya Empire till the Majapahit Empire era, with early Filipinos trading with India by establishing the ancient sea route between Philippines and Tamil Nadu. If you will be interested, we would like to re-establish trade routes.

We are also interested in signing a Free Trade Agreement and Non-Aggression Pact with your country to ensure stronger economic and defense relationship between Philippines and India. Speaking of defense, my country's Armed Forces is still in its infancy but through dedication and political will of the Duterte government, we aspire to create a minimum but credible defense force. With this, we would also be a very grateful for India's assistance.

Please let me know if we can move forward with the ideas I presented above. We look forward to your optimistic response and we wish peace and prosperity to India

Sincerely yours,

Alan Peter Cayetano
Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs
Federal Republic of the Philippines

@VoodooNova

 

[VoodooNova]

The Prime Minister would redirect the message to the Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj.

**Encrypted**

Secretary Cayetano,

I am pleased to see you reach out to India. For matters of use of our ports for trade, I recommend you direct the proper representatives reach out to our trade officials. I am willing to discuss the tenets of a Free Trade Agreement between our nations, and consider a Non-Aggression Pact. As for assistance with your defense force, I direct your Minister of Defense reach out to Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. She will be able to assist your armed forces.

As for these matters, a meeting would suit well over messages or phone calls.

Sincerely,

Sushma Swaraj
Minister of External Affairs

@Apingdaldal

 

[Apingdaldal]

Secretary Cayetano would initiate a private and secured call to the office of Sushma Swaraj, Ministry of External Affairs of India.


*RING! RING! RING!*


@VoodooNova

 

[VoodooNova]

**All communication from this point on, until completion of the thread, is considered private**

Minister Swaraj would answer the phone, "Good afternoon."

@Apingdaldal

 

[Apingdaldal]

"Hello Minister Swaraj. This is Alan Peter Cayetano of DFA. How do you do Madame?"


@VoodooNova

 

[VoodooNova]

"I am well, what would you like to discuss Secretary?"

 

[Apingdaldal]

"Regarding our earlier email correspondence about the FTA and Non-Aggression Pact. I actually have a prepared document draft for both. Perhaps I can fax it over to you for your review?"

Secretary Cayetano discreetly instructs one of his staff to have the FTA and NAP draft documents ready for sendng via secured fax once Minister Swaraj confirms.

 

[VoodooNova]

"Secretary, in the great traditions of diplomacy, as stated in my previous correspondence, I would like to discuss both in a meeting with you. To discuss these matters via fax and phone, whilst never having shook hands, is treating these actions as if they hold no weight to our governments or to the people they will impact. Your ambassador is welcome to meet with my Secretary (East), Preeti Saran, to further discuss the details."

@Apingdaldal

 

[Apingdaldal]

"Apologies, Madame. Very well, we shall arrange that meeting and send our ambassador to India. And also, President Duterte is actually planning to do a state visit to India as well once he's done with his state visit in Japan and China. We will let you know several days in advance before the visit."