PH, China top diplomats to hold bilateral talks in Davao

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color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "libre franklin", serif; font-size: 16px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.938em; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 1.66667; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 15px;">MANILA—Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and Chinese counterpart Wang Yi will hold a bilateral meeting in Davao next week.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.938em; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 1.66667; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 15px;">In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Wang is set to arrive there Sunday.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.938em; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 1.66667; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 15px;">Locsin and Wang will also witness the signing of bilateral agreements on infrastructure, law enforcement and humanitarian assistance.</p><div class="SpotXAd" id="SpotXAd1" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden;"></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.938em; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 1.66667; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 15px;">This would be the second time Locsin and Wang are meeting after the former succeeded Alan Peter Cayetano at the DFA.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.938em; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 1.66667; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 15px;">Locsin and Wang first met on the sidelines of the Asia Europe Meeting in Brussels last week, the DFA said.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.938em; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 1.66667; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 15px;">Wang has said he was willing to build a "close personal friendship" with Locsin.</p><ul class="op-related-articles" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none outside none; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.66667; font-size: 15px;"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/19/18/chinese-foreign-minister-seeks-close-personal-friendship-with-new-ph-top-diplomat" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(199, 29, 29);">Chinese Foreign Minister seeks 'close personal friendship' with new PH top diplomat</a></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.938em; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 1.66667; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 15px;">Wang is also scheduled to meet with the country’s economic managers and the "Build, Build, Build" team. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.938em; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 1.66667; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 15px;">The Chinese official’s visit was originally scheduled September 16 to 18, but was postponed due to Typhoon Ompong.</p></div><p><br></p>