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Says Vietnam has largely contained COVID-19 cases there with only over 2,700 confirmed cases, most of which have already recovered (Eagle News) — Philippine Ambassador to Vietnam, H.E. Meynardo L.B. Montealegre gives an update on the situation of Filipinos in Vietnam amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. In an interview with the NET25 Eagle News Service program, “ASEAN in Focus” on Thursday, April 15, Ambassador Montealegre said the Vietnam government had been largely able to […]
(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin wants a meeting with the German ambassador after Germany’s Federal Foreign Office summoned the Philippine envoy for his supposed defense of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Nazis statement in 2016. “Yes, what now? Berlin embassy is handling it; I already told them to tell the German Foreign Ministry to send the German ambassador to me because I’d rather finish my own fights than have others do it,” Locsin said […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed new envoys to several countries. Duterte appointed former Foreign Affairs spokesperson Raul Hernandez as ambassador to Turkey, appointment papers showed. Hernandez shall have concurrent jurisdiction over Georgia and Azerbaijan. Edward Fereira was also appointed as special envoy to Kazakhstan for a six-month term, Leah Ruiz as ambassador to Poland, and Alex Chua as ambassador to Kenya. Ruiz shall have concurrent jurisdiction over Ukraine, Latvia and Lithuania, the appointment papers showed. […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — A new convoy carrying desperately needed food aid entered the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta near Syria’s capital on Thursday, the International Committee of the Red Cross told AFP. “The convoy entered Ghouta and is going to Douma now,” ICRC’s communication coordinator Pawel Krzysiek said. Douma is the largest town in Ghouta, the opposition’s dwindling enclave on the outskirts of the capital Damascus and the target of a blistering government assault […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A Chinese special envoy on Monday ended a four-day trip to North Korea during which the two sides discussed regional concerns but made no direct statements about the nuclear crisis. Officially, Song Tao was sent by President Xi Jinping to report on the outcome of the Chinese Communist Party’s recent congress. Analysts had expected that Song would press North Korean officials on the nuclear standoff, but did not expect any breakthroughs. […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — A senior Chinese envoy has met an aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un in Pyongyang, the two sides said Saturday, stressing longstanding ties despite deep divisions over the North’s nuclear activities. Song Tao is visiting on behalf of President Xi Jinping, ostensibly to brief the North’s officials on the recent Chinese Communist Party congress and other “issues of mutual interest”. The two communist neighbours, once said by Mao Zedong to […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China denied Thursday that it has abandoned its long-standing proposal to ease the North Korean nuclear crisis after US President Donald Trump suggested Beijing had agreed to drop the policy. Beijing has long campaigned for a “dual track approach” in which the United States would halt military drills in the region while North Korea would freeze its weapons programmes. But Trump suggested Wednesday following his five-nation trip to Asia, which included […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China will send a special envoy to North Korea, state media said Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump concluded an Asian tour to rally support against Pyongyang’s nuclear threats. President Xi Jinping’s special envoy, Song Tao, is going to North Korea on Friday to discuss the Chinese Communist Party’s congress, which took place last month, Xinhua news agency said, without providing more details. The announcement came a day after the end […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — A Russian plane carrying the body of the ambassador assassinated in Turkey landed on Tuesday in Moscow, met by the top Russian and Turkish diplomats. Andrei Karlov’s coffin and his widow traveled back to Russia after the veteran diplomat was shot dead by a 22-year-old Turkish policeman at an art exhibit in Ankara on Monday in what Moscow called an “act of terror”. TV footage from the Vnukovo airport showed Karlov’s […]
(Eagle News)– Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Monday hinted that President Duterte already picked someone to be the country’s ambassador to the USA. “Meron na. I will wait [for the announcement]. Akala ko kanina i-announce niya eh… Hindi ako. Tinanggihan ko na iyan,” Lorenzana told reporters in a chance interview. “Yeah, military din… Hindi siya [former Gen. Hermogenes Esperon]. He will remain as the National Security Adviser. I-announce naman iyan ni Presidente,” he explained. Lorenzana was […]
