{"id":200219,"date":"2019-01-31T21:26:38","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T02:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=200219"},"modified":"2019-01-31T21:29:57","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T02:29:57","slug":"duterte-most-likely-to-attend-chinas-belt-road-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/31\/duterte-most-likely-to-attend-chinas-belt-road-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte \u2018most likely\u2019 to attend China\u2019s Belt & Road Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech after leading the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the San Lorenzo Ruiz General Hospital (SLRGH) in Malabon City on January 29, 2019. TOTO LOZANO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo R. Duterte is \u201cmost likely\u201d going to attend the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in China this April, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo has yet to confirm the President\u2019s attendance but noted that his preference to keep ties between Philippines and China might convince him to be there.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t talked to him — but most likely given the President\u2019s inclination to be friendly with China,\u00a0baka<\/em>\u00a0(perhaps).\u00a0Hindi ko pa alam<\/em>, (I don\u2019t know yet),\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

Panelo said the President\u2019s attendance in the Belt and Road Forum will be among the topics to be discussed in the next Cabinet meeting.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Chinese Ambassador to Manila Zhao Jianhua said that China is looking forward to another meeting between Duterte and President Xi Jinping during the Belt and Road Forum.<\/p>\n

“China has sincerely invited President Rodrigo Duterte to attend the aforesaid forum. We are looking forward to the 7th meeting between the leaders of our two countries,” Zhao said during a speech in Makati City.<\/p>\n

Zhao also expressed confidence their meeting will chart “a more magnificent blueprint” for the China-Philippines bilateral relations.<\/p>\n

During his official state visit to the Philippines in November 2018, Xi invited Duterte to attend the Road and Belt Forum, which China will host again in 2019.<\/p>\n

Xi\u2019s invitation came as the two leaders witnessed the exchange of 29 agreements, including memorandum of understanding on Belt and Road Initiative cooperation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two sides will seek greater complementarity between China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative and the Philippines\u2019 development strategy move forward cooperation around the three pillars of security, development, and people-to-people ties and then make our cooperation more comprehensive and balanced,\u201d Xi said in his speech.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative is meant to strengthen infrastructure, trade and investments and people-to-people linkages between China and some 65 other countries.<\/p>\n

In May 2017, Duterte and 28 heads of state and government leaders attended the first Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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