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He will back in the country by May 10.
“On Wednesday, May 6, President Benigno Aquino III flew off for a working visit to Chicago in the US and, from there, to Canada for a state visit, during which he hopes to lure more investors to the country as he works to further strengthen ties with both countries,” reports InterAksyon.com.
In his departure speech, Aquino explained that “both these major economies are our partners in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and, as the host-economy of APEC this year, we intend to advance a more open, more stable and more positive transformation in the Asia-Pacific market.”
The President stated in Filipino, “We will take this opportunity to further our efforts towards common goals as well as generate interest from businessmen of the United State and Canada to improve investments in our country.”
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