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China’s foreign envoy to discuss trade with Filipino counterpart
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit the Philippines from January 15 to 16 for bilateral talks with Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.
The meeting aims to discuss accelerating mutually beneficial cooperation, including trade, investments, infrastructure, and COVID-19 response.
The Department of Foreign Affairs stated that Wang's visit signifies sustained high-level engagement and the determination of both nations to gradually reopen their societies and economies.
This visit continues the pattern of high-level engagement between the Philippines and China under the Duterte administration.
Wang's trip to the Philippines follows Foreign Secretary Locsin's visit to China in October 2020.
Wang Yi is also scheduled to visit Myanmar, Indonesia, and Brunei.
A senator has asked the Chinese government to investigate the entry of unauthorized coronavirus vaccines in the Philippines.
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