BD opens Honorary Consulate General in Cebu, the Philippines

This is the second Honorary Consulate of Bangladesh in the Philippines, the first being opened in Davao in September 2018 for the Mindanao region

The government of Bangladesh has appointed Virgilio BG Espeleto as the Honorary Consul General of Bangladesh for the Visayas region in the Philippines.

The inauguration reception of the Honorary Consulate General was arranged on May 18 at hotel Marco Polo in Cebu and was attended by Cebu’s Deputy Mayor, Presidential Assistant for the Visayas, President of Cebu Chamber of Commerce and diplomatic and consular representatives from Cebu.

Ambassador Nathaniel G. Imperial, Assistant Secretary for Asia and Pacific Affairs, Ambassador. Vicente Vivencio Bandillo, Chief of Protocol from the Filipino Foreign Ministry and Bangladesh Ambassador Asad Alam Siam joined the inauguration programme virtually.

They all congratulated the new Honorary Consul General and hoped that his office would help to widen the bilateral cooperation in the Visayas region.

Shamiur Rahman