{"id":190748,"date":"2018-11-23T05:29:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T10:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=190748"},"modified":"2018-11-23T05:29:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T10:29:00","slug":"xi-thanks-duterte-for-warm-hospitality-during-manila-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/11\/23\/xi-thanks-duterte-for-warm-hospitality-during-manila-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Xi thanks Duterte for &#8216;warm hospitality&#8217; during Manila visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_190755\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190755\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Alfred1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190755\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Alfred1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Alfred1.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Alfred1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Alfred1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Alfred1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-190755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People&#8217;s Republic of China President Xi Jinping is accorded foyer honors upon his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City to kick off his two-day state visit to the Philippines on November 20, 2018. ALFRED FRIAS\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Chinese President Xi Jinping penned an appreciation letter on Thursday thanking President Rodrigo Duterte for the &#8220;friendship and warm hospitality&#8221; during his historic state visit to the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>Xi cited the talks he had with the Chief Executive, former president and House Speaker Gloria Arroyo and Senate President Vicente Sotto III.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had in-depth exchange of views, reached important agreement on our bilateral relations and issues of shared interest, and witness the signing of a series of cooperation documents. I am truly pleased with the fruitful outcomes of this visit,&#8221; stated his letter, released by the Chinese Embassy in Manila.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During the visit, I was once again deeply touched by your sincerity and determination to grow our bilateral relations and by the friendly sentiment of the Philippine people toward the Chinese people,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese leader said he was also &#8220;deeply impressed&#8221; by Duterte&#8217;s insight into the relations between China and the Philippines and the &#8220;current international situation, which proves once again that China and the Philippines are partners in a common journey toward peace and development.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also cited his &#8220;personal friendship&#8221; with Duterte in the letter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will work with you to strengthen political mutual trust and deepen practical cooperation in all fields so that the tree of China-Philippines friendship will grow more luxuriant and bear more fruits,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed hope that the China-Philippines friendship will &#8220;grow ever stronger,&#8221; as he wished the Filipino leader good health and success.<\/p>\n<p>Xi visited the Philippines from Nov. 20 to 21, a first of its kind for a Chinese state leader during the past decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2014 Chinese President Xi Jinping penned an appreciation letter on Thursday thanking President Rodrigo Duterte for the &#8220;friendship and warm &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":190755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}