The Ambassador met with State Secretary Raymund Johansen on 5 March 2009. The Ambassador proposed a possible RP-Norway cooperation scheme on the establishment of free or affordable Norwegian language training courses in the Philippines which the State Secretary warmly welcomed.
Last 27 February 2009, Ambassador Buensuceso paid a courtesy call to Minister of Environment and International Development Erik Solheim. She thanked the Minister for Norway’s support for the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) that was held in Manila last October and reiterated the Philippine Government’s commitment to the peace process with the NDF. In response, Minister Solheim pledged Norway’s continued support to the process.
The Ambassador was accompanied by Minister Evelyn D. Austria-Garcia and Third Secretary Lenna Eilleen de Dios.