Tag: ASEAN Summit

President Bongbong Marcos arrives in Japan

(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos arrived in Japan on Friday, December 15, to attend the 50th Commemorative ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation Summit. The President, accompanied by First Lady Louise Araneta-Marcos, reached Haneda Airport at 7:13 p.m., Japan time. In his departure statement at the Villamor Airbase in Pasay City, the President said this year’s last ASEAN-related Summit serves as an opportunity to affirm the Philippines’ position on current international issues and advance its interests. He added […]

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Palace: President Duterte won’t attend ASEAN Summit in Jakarta in person; DFA reps to attend instead

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will not attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit slated in Jakarta, Indonesia in person. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, representatives from the Department of Foreign Affairs, however, will attend the event slated on April 24. “Marami rin pong hindi makakarating na heads of state ng ASEAN (Many heads of state won’t be able to make it to the event),” he said. The Philippines is dealing with […]

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Duterte to ASEAN: Choosing sides in US-China feud a “strategic mistake”

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has urged members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations not to choose or “be forced to choose” between the United States and China. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said at the 35th ASEAN summit plenary, Duterte called the move a “strategic mistake” which past Philippine administrations had committed and which he was “rectifying through his independent foreign policy.” According to Panelo, the President noted  the changing regional landscape […]

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President Duterte now in Thailand for ASEAN summit

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is now in Bangkok, Thailand to attend the 35th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit and Related Summits. The President arrived at the Royal Thai Air Force Base at 8:30 pm (Bangkok time) to begin his four-day visit. Welcoming the President upon his arrival were Philippine Ambassador to Thailand Mary Jo A. Bernardo-Aragon, Chief of Presidential Protocol and Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs Robert E.A. Borje, Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and […]

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Duterte invites Thais to invest in “new industrial destinations” in PHL

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, June 22, urged Thai businessmen to invest in the Philippines, especially in the “new industrial destinations” of Metro Manila, Pampanga, Clark, Cebu, Bohol, and Davao. In making the invitation, Duterte guaranteed “a competitive and corruption-free business climate and a highly skilled and fast-learning workforce.” The President also thanked the Thais for their contribution to the Philippine economy. “We view this courtesy call as an affirmation of investor confidence to […]

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Duterte vows to “talk lengthily” about S. China Sea dispute at 34th ASEAN summit

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, June 21, vowed to discuss the South China Sea dispute in the 34th Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Thailand. “Can you claim a whole ocean? Because nobody can prevent America from claiming a third of the Pacific Ocean,” Duterte said in a speech in Davao. He was referring to China’s expansive claim over the South China Sea through the so-called nine-dash line. In 2016, the Permanent Court […]

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Thais take ASEAN chair, haunted by past summit chaos

by Martin Abbugao and Jerome Taylor Agence France-Presse SINGAPORE (AFP) — Protests, broken windows and dignitaries forced to flee by helicopter — Thailand’s last stint as host of Southeast Asia’s biggest summit was devoured by political chaos. But as the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) passed Thursday from Singapore to Thailand, Bangkok is hoping unrest will not spoil its year in the spotlight. The annual ASEAN summit has become a major […]

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Xi arrives in Papua New Guinea ahead of APEC summit

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AFP) — President Xi Jinping arrived in Papua New Guinea on Thursday for a much-vaunted state visit ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit he is expected to dominate. Xi touched down in Port Moresby, where he was greeted on the tarmac by tribesmen and women in traditional attire, complete with feather headdresses. With US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin skipping the APEC leaders meeting in Port Moresby on […]

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Locsin defends Duterte’s absence in some ASEAN meetings

(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Boy Locsin Jr. on Thursday, said President Rodrigo Duterte’s absence in some Association of Southeast Asian Nations events does not reflect badly on the Philippines, and did not represent a “missed opportunity” for the country. “Absolutely it doesn’t. I can tell you. I’ve seen different leaders stand up and leave, including the chairman, and it doesn’t reflect badly. Their ministers of foreign affairs sit down,” he said in a […]

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