{"id":239208,"date":"2019-12-05T02:06:15","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T07:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=239208"},"modified":"2019-12-05T02:06:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T07:06:15","slug":"duterte-welcomes-new-chinese-envoy-5-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/12\/05\/duterte-welcomes-new-chinese-envoy-5-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte welcomes new Chinese envoy, 5 others"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte poses for posterity with Resident Ambassador-Designate of the People\u2019s Republic of China to the Philippines Huang Xilian, who presented his credentials to the President at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on December 4, 2019. ALBERT ALCAIN\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 President Rodrigo Duterte welcomed the new Chinese ambassador to the Philippines, as well as the five other envoys from other countries, at Malaca\u00f1an Palace on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilin was the last to present his credentials to Duterte at Palace\u2019s Reception Hall.<\/p>\n

Huang replaced former Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua, who enjoyed close ties with Duterte but had to leave Manila last month after his tour of duty ended in October this year.<\/p>\n

Duterte hopes that Huang would help further improve ties between the Philippines and China.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour Excellency, we are proud that China and the Philippines are two great friends,\u201d the President told Huang.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I welcome you to your new assignment. May it be productive and I\u2019m ready to accept you,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

For Huang, it was a \u201cgreat honor\u201d to be appointed as China\u2019s new envoy to the Philippines.<\/p>\n

He also promised to do his best to ensure that the \u201clong history of friendship\u201d between the two countries will be maintained.<\/p>\n

He also wished Duterte \u201csuccess and good health.\u201d<\/p>\n

Huang\u2019s new assignment came a year before the Philippines and China celebrate the 45th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic ties.<\/p>\n

The diplomatic relations between the two countries were established in June 1975.<\/p>\n

In a statement posted on the website of the Chinese Embassy in Manila, Huang was optimistic that the relations between the two nations would further improve.<\/p>\n

\u201cTruly delighted for the Philippines\u2019 accomplishment. I have every reason to believe and expect that the country will achieve greater strength and prosperity in the coming years and decades,\u201d the new Chinese ambassador was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe growth of China-Philippines relations, embodying common wishes of our peoples, has been generating more and more tangible benefits for the people, and brought about a closer China-Philippines community of shared future,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the President also received the credentials of Ambassadors to the Philippines Grete Sillasen (Denmark), Shobini Gunasekera (Sri Lanka), Antonis Alexandridis (Greece), U Lwin Oo (Myanmar), and Bartinah Ntombizodwa Radebe-Netshitenzhe (South Africa).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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