Russian, Indonesian presidents drop Philippines summit

Leaders of the 12-nation Trans- Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement would meet in Manila, Philippines on November 18 on the sidelines of APEC Leadership Summit, the White House said today.

“This is an incorrect estimation which shows lack of understanding of the essence of Russian policy in the Asia-Pacific region, ‘ the spokesman said”.

A soldier uses a canine to check the surroundings of the worldwide Media Center during the security preparation for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Manila.

Wang had met with his Philippine counterpart Albert Del Rosario on Tuesday.

Although the 2015 APEC Meeting is seen to primarily open doors on economic agendas, according to U.S. State Department spokesperson Mark Toner, talks about the South China Sea dispute may come up one way or the other if it’s indeed not included on the main agenda of the meeting.

The Philippines will have about 11 formal bilateral meetings.

The tactics the Philippines has adopted have made China stay alert to this APEC meeting where political and security issues should not become major topics, Xu Liping, a senior fellow of the National Institute of worldwide Strategy at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times.

In addition, homeless people as well as street vendors are also being removed from Manila’s streets to ensure the world leaders unobstructed passage, while street protesters have been asked to gather elsewhere, Paynor said. President Xi Jinping will represent China at the regional economic meeting.

Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang and his spouse will attend the 23rd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Manila, the Philippines next week, the Vietnam News Agency reported Wednesday.

The last time a Chinese foreign minister visited the Philippines was in 2009 and Jose said Wang’s visit in itself “is an indication that we can move the bilateral relations forward”. Beijing insists that the involvement -maybe even the interest- of worldwide actors such as the United States and other countries in the regional issue is unwarranted and unwelcome. Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s 2015 visit is being interpreted as a turning point in China-Philippines.

He said “some of bilateral meetings [planned at the summit] will be compensated by telephone conversations, a few other meetings have not been coordinated yet”.

Local governments have also designated certain areas for protest actions, he added.