{"id":130538,"date":"2017-11-12T05:20:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T10:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=130538"},"modified":"2017-11-12T05:20:29","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T10:20:29","slug":"indon-malaysian-singaporean-leaders-arrive-in-ph-for-asean-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/12\/indon-malaysian-singaporean-leaders-arrive-in-ph-for-asean-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Indon, Malaysian, Singaporean leaders arrive in PH for ASEAN Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his spouse, First Lady Irania Widodo, arrived at the Clark airport via presidential plane, Republik Indonesia, around 11:57 a.m. (Photo<\/a>: Presiden Joko Widodo\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CLARK, Pampanga\u00a0— The leaders of Indonesia and Malaysia arrived in Clark, Pampanga on Sunday to attend the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and related meetings in Manila this week.<\/p>\n

Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his spouse, First Lady Irania Widodo, arrived at the Clark airport via presidential plane, Republik Indonesia, around 11:57 a.m.<\/p>\n

Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pi\u00f1ol was designated to welcome the Indonesian state leader.<\/p>\n

During his recent visit to the country this April, President Widodo and President Rodrigo Duterte launched the Davao-General Santos-Bitung sea route for the Roll-On Roll-Off (RoRo) shipping network.<\/p>\n

Duterte conducted his first state visit as president in Indonesia, where he was received by Widodo, in September last year.<\/p>\n

Shortly after Widodo’s arrival, the plane carrying Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak touched the tarmac at 12:45 in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

In the previous ASEAN Summit last April in Manila, Najib stressed the need for the bloc to cut trade barriers.<\/p>\n

He noted that non-tariff barriers and measures in the region should be reduced by half in order to reach the USD 9.2-trillion economy by 2030, which is projected to be the fourth largest in the world.<\/p>\n

Najib mentioned that non-tariff barriers and measures ballooned from 1,634 to 5,975 between 2000 and 2015.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrived a few minutes later.<\/p>\n

Lee, who is set to host the ASEAN Summit next year, disembarked at the Clark International Airport minutes past 1:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar and his spouse DIWA Partylist Rep. Emmeline Aglipay-Villar greeted the Singaporean leader upon his arrival.<\/p>\n

The Philippines will formally handover the ASEAN chairmanship to Singapore during the November summit’s closing.<\/p>\n

Lee, the eldest son of Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, took office as the country\u2019s third prime minister in 2004<\/p>\n

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