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BRAHMOS AEROSPACE PAYS INTRODUCTORY CALL ON NEWLY ARRIVED PHILIPPINE AMBASSADOR

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Ambassador-designate Ignacio receiving BrahMos Chief GM Pathak and Systems Manager Singh at the Embassy, with Vice Consul Dizon and Defense Attaché Col. Gomez.

NEW DELHI, 22 January – Recently arrived Philippine Ambassador-Designate to India Josel F. Ignacio received on 19 January at the Chancery officials of BrahMos Aerospace Private Ltd. (BAPL) on their introductory call.

Chief General Manager (Market & Export) Mr. Praveen Pathak and Systems Manager Mr. Rohit Singh apprised the Ambassador-Designate of the progress of the Philippines’ acquisition of the company’s BrahMos Shore-Based Anti-Ship Missile System (SBASMS).

Picture4 Brahmos Mr. Pathak extended BAPL’s appreciation for the Embassy’s critical role in urging the project forward and supporting coordination between Manila and New Delhi. The Ambassador-Designate assured BAPL of the Embassy’s unflagging support.

Also present were Vice Consul (Political Affairs) Mr. Mark Anthony P. Dizon and Defense Attaché Col, Rolando P. Gomez.

The Philippine Department of National Defense and BAPL signed a USD 374- million contract for the project, on 28 January 2022. END

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(L-R) Defense Attaché Col, Gomez, VC Dizon, Ambassador-Designate Ignacio, BAPL Chief GM Pathak and System Manager Singh.

AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE IGNACIO PRESENTS COPY OF LETTER OF CREDENCE TO INDIAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTRY

COP Gaur receiving Ambassador-Designate Ignacio at the Ministry of External Affairs

NEW DELHI, 17 January – Recently arrived Philippine Ambassador-Designate to India Josel F. Ignacio paid a courtesy call today on the Honorable Anshuman Gaur, Chief of Protocol (COP) of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), and presented a copy of his Letter of Credence.

During the call, Ambassador-Designate Ignacio and COP Gaur engaged in a cordial tête-à-tête. They welcomed the vibrant state of overall ties between the Philippines and India, while acknowledging the need for both sides to deliver on the promise of relations.

The Ambassador-Designate conveyed advance felicitations on India’s celebration of its 75^th Republic Day later in the month, and outlined his priorities. COP Gaur extended assurances of the MEA and the Protocol Division’s readiness to lend its support to the undertakings of the Philippine Embassy.

In diplomatic practice, the call and presentation of the copy of credentials is a prerequisite to the full accreditation of Ambassadors by the receiving state, culminating in the formal presentation of credentials to the Head of State. END

Ambassador-Designate Ignacio presents a copy of his Letter of Credence to COP Gaur

Ambassador-Designate Ignacio and COP Gaur at their introductory tête-à-tête. Accompanying the Ambassador is Vice Consul Mark Anthony P. Dizon

Ambassador-Designate Josel F. Ignacio Arrives in New Delhi

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NEW DELHI, 15 January – Career diplomat Mr. Josel F. Ignacio arrived in New Delhi on 14 January to assume his duties as the Philippines’ new Ambassador to India.

He was welcomed by Embassy personnel led by Consul John Boitte C. Santos, Vice Consul Mark Anthony P. Dizon, Vice Consul Mark Anthony G. Articulo.

Ambassador-Designate Ignacio brings to the position a wealth of experience from nearly 27 years as a diplomat.

He embarked on his foreign service career in 1997. His very first portfolio involved supporting the coordination and extension of assistance to Filipino overseas workers, gaining immediate valuable experience on a core DFA mandate.

After completing foreign service cadetship, his career took a turn toward political-security work and regional affairs. From 1998 to 2003, he was Assistant Director of the U.S. Division, Special Assistant at the Presidential Commission on the Philippines-U.S. Visiting Forces Agreement, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and then Acting Director for socio-cultural and human rights as addressed in the UN and other multilateral bodies.

Upon the conclusion of his first foreign assignment at the Philippine Embassy and Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Vienna (2003-2009), he steadily built credentials as an Asian hand.

At headquarters, he was Director for Northeast Asia (2009-2012), and thereafter, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asian and Pacific Affairs (2018-2021).

This growing expertise is reflected in his later foreign assignments. He was Minister in charge of Political Affairs at the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo (2012-2018). Most recently, he was Consul General in Shanghai (2021-2024). India represents the Ambassador-Designate’s fourth foreign assignment.

The Ambassador-Designate began his professional life in the early 1990s as an employee in the then nascent Philippine BPO sector. His then shifted to the civil service, serving as junior specialist at the Department of Trade and Industry (1996-1997), before joining the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Ambassador-Designate Ignacio holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of the Philippines and an A.B. Classical and Philosophy degree from San Carlos Seminary.

He is also an alumnus of the 2001 International Visitor Program on Preventive Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution of the U.S. Department of State. END