Palace announces Kishida visit
Marcos and Kishida are expected to exchange views on pressing regional and international issues
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FILE Photo: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit the Philippines from 3 to 4 November, Malacañang announced on Tuesday.
Citing the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Presidential Communications Office said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will officially welcome Kishida during ceremonies at the Palace on 3 November.
"The two leaders will hold a bilateral meeting to discuss areas of mutual concern such as political, security, economic, and development cooperation, as well as people-to-people ties," it said.
Marcos and Kishida are expected to exchange views on pressing regional and international issues.
Likewise, the two leaders are seen to reaffirm the "excellent relations between the Philippines and Japan, which was elevated to a Strategic Partnership in 2011."
Marcos and Kishida met for the first time during the ASEAN-Plus Three Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia last November.
During their meeting, both leaders expressed "serious concern" about the current situation in the East and South China Sea.
Tokyo has overlapping territorial claims with Beijing in the East China Sea, particularly in the Senkaku Islands, which have long been a sticking point in the two nations' bilateral relations.
Meanwhile, Manila and Beijing both claim the West Philippine Sea, which is part of the larger South China Sea.
However, the 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, the Netherlands, cemented Manila's claims in the West Philippine Sea, rejecting China's nine-dash line claim.
China has continued to reject the arbitral ruling and stands by its historic rights over the waters.
