Bengaluru, Aug. 8 -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. ended his five-day state visit to India on Friday with USD446 million in direct investment pledges and a renewed commitment to expand cooperation between Manila and New Delhi.

"In terms of actual direct investment, we have already secured USD446 million... that is already what we have decided at the end of this trip," Marcos told the Philippine media delegation in a press briefing before flying back to Manila.

Marcos added that he expects more commitments to follow.

"Estimate lang namin dyan (We estimate that) with the several other areas, is the potential for investment of about USD5.6 (to) USD5.7 billion. So, malaking bagay talaga (It is really a big deal). India is a very, very ...