Philippines says China asked Aquino to scrap visit

[beijingwalker]

Philippines says China asked Aquino to scrap visit
Thursday, 29 August, 2013

Philippine President Benigno Aquino has called off his planned visit to China next week at Beijing’s request, Manila said on Thursday as the two nations wrangle over maritime disputes.
The president has decided not to proceed ... taking into consideration China’s request for the president to visit China at a more conducive time

Aquino had announced only on Wednesday that he would make a 12-hour trip to Nanning on September 3 to attend a trade fair and business conference called the China-Asean Expo.

“The president has decided not to proceed ... taking into consideration China’s request for the president to visit China at a more conducive time,” foreign affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said in a statement.

Asked why China made such a request, Hernandez said: “Maybe you can ask China.”

The Chinese embassy could not be contacted for comment.

Edwin Lacierda, an Aquino spokesman, had previously stressed the importance of the event at which the Philippines was to be “the country of honour”.

Hernandez reiterated on Thursday the Philippine position that “bilateral relations can advance despite differences”, an apparent reference to the festering dispute over the South China Sea.

China claims virtually all of the sea, up to the coasts of its neighbours like the Philippines. The Philippines has said that China’s claim infringes on its own maritime territory.

Tensions between China and other claimants to the sea, particularly the Philippines and Vietnam, have escalated in recent years amid a series of Chinese political and military actions to assert its claims to the waters.

The Philippines earlier this year said it had applied for its dispute with China to be arbitrated under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, a 1982 treaty signed by both countries.

China has rejected the Philippines’ call for UN arbitration, insisting on bilateral negotiations with its smaller neighbour.

The annual Nanning exposition, which began in 2004, is intended to strengthen economic ties between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations of which the Philippines is a member.

 

[Zero_wing]

who cares nothing good will come with the visit anyway

 

[ephone]

Nobody in China wants him to come anyway. It is weird why he announced it earlier even though he knows he is not welcomed or invited at all in China??

who cares nothing good will come with the visit anyway

 

[Zero_wing]

Nobody in China wants him to come anyway. It is weird why he announced it earlier even though he knows he is not welcomed or invited at all in China??

Well him and me ad the rest of the filipino don't want to go why go to a place that your hated anyway? so i again not our lost and he was told by your government that as it was customary for the head of the country that would be highlighted to be present i guess you chinese imperials were lying about that too true to your forte indeed.

 

[ephone]

what kind of English do you use here???

Well him and me ad the rest of the filipino don't want to go why go to a place that your hated anyway? so i again not our lost and he was told by your government that as it was customary for the head of the country that would be highlighted to be present i guess you chinese imperials were lying about that too true to your forte indeed.

 

[ChinaToday]

Aquino going to China | Inquirer Global Nation

NO you are not

 

[Zero_wing]

what kind of English do you use here???

American and unrefined and what type of brain are you using 19th century or early 20th? am not much of imperialism brain picking sir.

 

[ChinaToday]

thick skin shameless knowing he is not welcome but still wanting to go, I m glad china put a stop to this idiot

 

[Zero_wing]

Oh really?

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III said Wednesday that he would embark on a one-day visit to China to attend the opening of the 10th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO).

In his speech at the 2013 Apolinario Mabini Awarding Ceremony held in Malacanang, the presidential palace, Aquino said that he will leave Manila early in the morning and will return later in the afternoon of Sept. 3.

The Philippines will be a "country of honor" in the 10th CAEXPO to be held in Nanning, capital of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, from Sept. 3 to 6.

The CAEXPO, co-sponsored by China and the 10 ASEAN countries as well as the ASEAN Secretariat, is the only international trade fair which themes on the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) and aims at promoting reciprocal cooperation and common development of China and ASEAN.

this from Chinese Imperial website taken 28 of this month really now? screw you guys ten times over is more like it.

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

Oh really?

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III said Wednesday that he would embark on a one-day visit to China to attend the opening of the 10th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO).

In his speech at the 2013 Apolinario Mabini Awarding Ceremony held in Malacanang, the presidential palace, Aquino said that he will leave Manila early in the morning and will return later in the afternoon of Sept. 3.

The Philippines will be a "country of honor" in the 10th CAEXPO to be held in Nanning, capital of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, from Sept. 3 to 6.

The CAEXPO, co-sponsored by China and the 10 ASEAN countries as well as the ASEAN Secretariat, is the only international trade fair which themes on the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) and aims at promoting reciprocal cooperation and common development of China and ASEAN.

this from Chinese Imperial website taken 28 of this month really now? screw you guys ten times over is more like it.

Did China grant him the visa?

 

[tranquilium]

I am pretty sure China didn't invite him in the first place.

 

[帅的一匹]

One word to Aquino: beat it.

 

[Zero_wing]

Did China grant him the visa?

Diplomatic passport sir its fine keep your visa

Philippine president to attend China-ASEAN Expo
Xinhua | 2013-8-28 15:20:32
By Agencies

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III said Wednesday that he would embark on a one-day visit to China to attend the opening of the 10th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO).

In his speech at the 2013 Apolinario Mabini Awarding Ceremony held in Malacanang, the presidential palace, Aquino said that he will leave Manila early in the morning and will return later in the afternoon of Sept. 3.

The Philippines will be a "country of honor" in the 10th CAEXPO to be held in Nanning, capital of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, from Sept. 3 to 6.

The CAEXPO, co-sponsored by China and the 10 ASEAN countries as well as the ASEAN Secretariat, is the only international trade fair which themes on the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) and aims at promoting reciprocal cooperation and common development of China and ASEAN.

 

[Sonyuke_Songpaisan]

China did not invite him. he can keep silent

 

[Fsjal]

what kind of English do you use here???

Tinglish (Tagalog mixed with English, bad combination)
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Why would China invite a weak leader to a summit for big, powerful people.