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Singaporean leader invites Marcos for a state visit

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Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News

<p><br/>MANILA - Singaporean President Halimah Yacob has invited presumptive Philippine President Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos Jr. to make a state visit to &quot;strengthen the friendship between our two countries.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to make a State Visit to Singapore,&quot; Yacob said in a May 14, 2022 letter posted Wednesday on the website of Singapore&#x27;s Foreign Ministry, as she also congratulated Marcos on his electoral success.</p><p>&quot;I wish you every success in steering the Philippines to greater heights,&quot; she said.</p><p>&quot;Singapore and the Philippines share a warm and longstanding relationship, underpinned by strong economic cooperation and robust people-to-people ties,&quot; Yacob said.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Singapore Pres. Halimah Yacob congratulates PH presumptive Pres. Bongbong Marcos on his &#x27;electoral success.&#x27;<br/><br/>In her letter to Marcos, Yacob invites the incoming PH chief executive to make a State Visit to her country.<br/><br/>This is the first State Visit invitation extended to Marcos. <a href="https://t.co/fEsIxARRBn">pic.twitter.com/fEsIxARRBn</a></p>— Ina Reformina (@InaReformina) <a href="https://twitter.com/InaReformina/status/1527189431244902400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Yacob made a state visit to the Philippines in September 2019, which the Singaporean leader described as a &quot;warm and gracious hospitality.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/10/19/singaporean-leader-visits-davao-during-5-day-state-visit">Singaporean leader visits Davao during 5-day state visit</a></li></ul><p>Singapore&#x27;s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong also congratulated Marcos in a separate letter, saying the former senator&#x27;s &quot;victory shows the people’s strong support in your leadership and vision for the country.&quot;</p><p>In a letter also dated May 14, Lee reminded Marcos of Singapore and the Philippines&#x27; &quot;deep and longstanding&quot; partnership &quot;with close cooperation across many domains, including labour, trade and defense.&quot;</p><p>&quot;As fellow founding members of ASEAN, we share a similar outlook on key regional and global developments, and work closely to promote regional peace and prosperity,&quot; Lee said.</p><p>&quot;I look forward to continuing our close cooperation for the benefit of our countries, peoples and the region.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I wish you every success. I look forward to meeting you soon,&quot; the son of the late Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew told the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.</p><p>Singapore is among Southeast Asian nations calling for the rule of law in the South China Sea, within which is the West Philippine Sea, amid Chinese incursions.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/08/07/18/singapore-asserts-rule-of-law-to-calm-south-china-sea-tensions">Singapore asserts rule of law to calm South China Sea tensions</a></li></ul><p>While Singapore is not a claimant country in the disputed waters, the nation - a key power in the region - has urged all parties to respect &quot;legal and diplomatic processes.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/07/13/16/malaysia-singapore-indonesia-react-to-s-china-sea-ruling">Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia react to S. China Sea ruling</a></li></ul><p>Marcos earlier said he would continue to pursue an independent foreign policy.</p><p>In a phone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, Marcos said China and the Philippines &quot;must not allow what conflicts or difficulties we have now between our two countries to become historically important.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/18/22/chinese-leader-hails-marcos-support-for-china-ph-ties-embassy">Chinese leader calls Marcos a promoter of China-PH friendship: embassy</a></li></ul><div><strong>- with a report from Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2032550" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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Singaporean leader invites Marcos for a state visit

Katrina Domingo,

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Published May 19, 2022 04:32 PM PHT

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Updated May 19, 2022 04:49 PM PHT

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