Duterte, Xi meeting on April 8 to be virtualHelen Flores - The Philippine Star
April 2, 2022 | 12:00am
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/04/02/2171631/duterte-xi-meeting-april-8-be-virtualMANILA, Philippines — The meeting between President Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping on April 8 will be held virtually, Malacañang confirmed yesterday.
“Last night President Duterte himself announced that he will have a meeting with the officials of China. What we know is this will be an online meeting this coming April 8,” acting deputy presidential spokesman Michel Kristian Ablan told a press briefing.
Ablan said it was the government of China that initiated the meeting.
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Duterte announced his meeting with Xi days after the Department of Foreign Affairs filed a diplomatic protest against Beijing over the "dangerous," close-distance maneuvering of a Chinese coast guard ship near the Philippine Coast Guard's BRP Malabrigo at the Bajo de Masinloc last March.
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