Hillary to visit storm-hit RP
8 November 2009
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By Lachlan Carmichael
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WASHINGTON, November 6, 2009 (AFP) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday she will travel to the Philippines next week to “show solidarity” with the storm-battered nation, just after her visits to Singapore and Berlin.
Clinton also announced she will join President Barack Obama during his visit to China from November 15-18, her second trip as chief diplomat to the country the Obama administration recognizes as a key global player.
In a flurry of travel announcements this week, Clinton and her aides announced her tour of Europe and Asia, one that comes on top of a tour of Pakistan and the Middle East that only ended on Wednesday.
“I’ll be going to the Philippines, to show solidarity with our friends in the Philippines who have been battered by typhoons and have just suffered so much over the last weeks,” Clinton said in a speech in Washington.
Typhoon Mirinae swept over the main island Luzon on Saturday, dumping heavy rain and bringing strong winds just weeks after Tropical Storm Ketsana and Typhoon Parma left about 1,100 dead and tens of thousands homeless.
During her visit to Manila from November 12-13, “the secretary will hold consultations with senior Filipino officials, highlighting the US-Philippines treaty alliance,” Clinton’s spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters.
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