Both Argentina and the Philippines share a common history in the fact that both nations were once part of the Spanish Empire.

Contacts between the Philippines and Latin America, including the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata (present-day Argentina), became increasingly fluid, buoyed by trade and migration.

In March 1785, the Real Compañia de Filipinas was established that linked Manila to South America via the Indian Ocean and remained active until 1812.

[1] Another San Martin relative who arrived in Manila was Bernabe de Escalada, brother-in-law of the Argentine liberator.

[4] In September 2012, Argentine Foreign Minister, Hector Timerman, paid a visit to the Philippines and met with President Benigno Aquino III to discuss the broadening of the two countries’ relations and possible people and cultural engagements.

[7] High-level visits from Argentina to the Philippines High-level visits from the Philippines to Argentina Both nations have signed several agreements such as an Agreement establishing Diplomatic Relations (1948); Agreement to elevate both nations diplomatic representations to the rank of embassy (1960); Treaty of Friendship and Cultural Relations (1965); Commercial Agreement (1988); Agreement on Sanitary Measures in Livestock, Fishery, and Aquatic Products (1994); Memorandum of Understanding to promote Trade in Agricultural matters (1995); Agreement on the Suppression of visas for Holders of Diplomatic and Official Passports (1999); Agreement on the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments (1999); Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Field of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Matters (2001); Protocol on the Establishment of a Bilateral Consultation Mechanism (2005); Memorandum of Understanding between the Foreign Service Institute of the Philippines and the Institute of Foreign Service of the Argentine Nation (2011);[4] Agreement on Cultural Cooperation (2012); Memorandum of Understanding on Remunerated Activities for Dependent Relatives of Diplomatic, Consular, Administrative, and Technical Staff of their Diplomatic Missions and Consular Offices and of their Representatives before International Organizations (2012); Memorandum of Understanding between the Foreign Service Institute of the Republic of the Philippines and the National Foreign Service Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of the Argentine Republic in the Field of Diplomatic Training (2021); and Memorandum of Understanding on Agricultural Cooperation between the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fishery of the Argentine Republic and the Department of Agriculture of the Republic of the Philippines (2022).