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PAKISTAN and the Philippines have enjoyed reasonably good, rather resilient ties of friendship during last 74 years, regulated through 25 cooperation agreements and Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs)/Memoranda of Agreements (MoAs) in political, economic, commercial, defence, cultural and social fields. The recent one on "Defence Cooperation" was signed May 5, 2022. Official bilateral relations between the two countries commenced with the establishment of the Philippines' Consulate in Karachi on September 9, 1949, followed by the opening of the Philippine Embassy in Karachi in 1956 and the Pakistan Embassy in Manila in September 1957. In 1954, both countries became alliance partners in the US-led Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (Seato).