US President Donald Trump arrived in the Philippines on Sunday for meetings with his Asia Pacific counterparts, the last stop of his Asian tour.
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said Trump arrived in Manila at 5:45 p.m.
Before his arrival, Trump had met with President Rodrigo Duterte on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Danang, Vietnam.
Duterte is hosting Trump and over a dozen other heads of government for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and East Asia Summits.
Trump’s Asian tour comes as the US rallies for tougher sanctions against North Korea’s nuclear program and ballistic missile tests. The businessman-turned-president was also keen on pushing fair trade with Asian countries.
In a speech in Vietnam, Trump said he could no longer tolerate chronic trade abuses and would insist on fair and equal policies.
Trump said the United States was ready to make a bilateral deal with any country in the Indo-Pacific region, but only on the basis of “mutual respect and mutual benefit”.
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