BEIJING – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will go to Japan this February.
Marcos informed reporters on Thursday that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida prolonged the invitation throughout their assembly on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York final September.
“I immediately accepted,” the President stated earlier than leaving for Manila after his two-day state go to to China.
Marcos stated his Japan journey will come after his scheduled attendance at an financial discussion board in Davos, Switzerland, later this month.
“We are now talking to the Japanese authorities, to Japanese foreign service as to when will be the most suitable time for me to come,” he stated.
“I think the tentative date is around the second week of February,” Marcos added.
Asked in regards to the agenda of the go to, Marcos stated it might heart on financial safety.
“The agenda will be a continued discussion of what we started in New York, which essentially centers around economic security,” Marcos stated.
“The Japanese have many concerns about regional security, and the Philippines is seen as an important part of maintaining that security in partnership with friends and partners like Japan and the other countries in the Indo-Pacific and Asia-Pacific regions,” he added.
Marcos stated grants and help may be mentioned. —VBL, GMA Integrated News
