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Obama arrives in Manila for APEC Summit
MANILA, Philippines – US President Barack Obama arrived in Manila for the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Summit on Tuesday, November 17 – his second visit
to the Philippines, the US' strongest ally in the region.
Fresh off the G20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey, Air Force One
touched down at 11:20 am.
Defense Secretary Voltaire
Gazmin, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Cuisia Jr, and US Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg led the welcoming party
at Villamor Air Base.
He was then whisked off to the Sofitel Hotel in Manila via
Marine One, the presidential chopper.
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| US President Barack Obama |
On Wednesday, November 18, Obama is scheduled to speak at
the APEC CEO Summit. He will join the leaders of the other APEC member
economies at the welcome reception and dinner that day, hosted by Philippine
President Benigno Aquino III.
On Thursday, November 19, he will join the APEC Leaders'
Retreat.
Aside from official APEC events, Obama is also set to visit
the US-made BRP Gregorio del Pilar, the Philippine Navy's flagship vessel, as
he seeks to highlight US commitment to regional maritime security, as a
"showcase" of US-Philippine maritime cooperation.
The visit is
expected to be made at the South Harbor in Manila.
Obama's move risks irking China, which is embroiled in a
bitter territorial row over parts of the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea)
with the Philippines and some of its other Asian neighbors. It will also take
place just weeks after Beijing denounced the sail-by of a US Navy ship near
artificial islands it is building in disputed waters.
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| Chinese Taipei Vice President Vincent Wanchang |
MANILA, Philippines - Several top foreign officials arrived yesterday
for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Summit that included
former Chinese Taipei Vice President Vincent
Wanchang Siew, who will represent Taipei President Ma Ying-jeou.
Siew arrived at around 1:15 p.m. at the Ninoy Aquino International
Airport (NAIA) on a chartered China Airlines flight.
Cabinet Secretary Rene
Almendras, Manila Economic and Cultural Office Chairman Amadeo Perez and MECO permanent
representative Antonio Basilio
welcomed Siew.
Colombian President Juan
Manuel Santos also arrived at the NAIA tarmac on board a Colombian Air
Force plane around 4:15 p.m.
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| Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neil |
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister
Peter O’Neil arrived at Villamor Air Base past 4 p.m. on a private jet.
Chile President Michelle
Bachelet arrived in the country last Sunday afternoon on a B-767 military
aircraft.
Vice President Jejomar
Binay, Philippine Ambassdor to Chile Consuelo
Puyat-Reyes, DSWD Secretary Corazon
Soliman and Foreign Affairs protocol officer Maria Aileen Bugarin welcomed Bachelet at the airport.
Read more:
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/11/17/1522802/world-leaders-start-arriving-apec
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| Vietnamese President Truong Tran Sang |
Other heads of state who arrivedTuesday for the APEC
summit:Peruvian President Ollanta
Humala, Vietnamese President Truong
Tran Sang, Mexican President Enrique
Peña Nieto, South Korean President Park
Geun-hye, Chinese President Xi
Jinping, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm
Turnbull, New Zealand Prime Minister John
Key, Indonesian Vice President Jusuf
Kalla and Trade Minister Thomas
Trikasih Lembong, representatives of President Joko Widodo, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,Thai Prime Minister Prauyuth Chan-Ocha, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.
Arriving Wednesday are Peru President Ollanta Humala Tasso, Russia Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The formal meeting of world leaders will be on November 18
and 19 at the Philippine International Convention Center.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/120294/apec2015--obama-xi-9-other-heads-of-state-arriving-tuesday
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