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Marcos set to visit US 'at least' twice in 2023 - envoy

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. meets US President Joe Biden in a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2022. Office of the Press Secretary, Handout/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/11/11/20220922-marcos-biden-bilateral-ops-2.jpg"/><figcaption>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. meets US President Joe Biden in a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2022. Office of the Press Secretary, Handout/File</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is set to visit the United States at least twice next year, the country&#x27;s top diplomat in Washington said Friday.According to Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel &quot;Babe&quot; Romualdez, Marcos will attend the second Summit for Democracy, which he earlier said might be held in June 2023.US President Joe Biden led the first Summit for Democracy in December 2021.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/12/09/21/over-100-nations-including-ph-gather-for-democracy-summit">Biden convenes more than 100 nations, including PH, for world &#x27;democracy&#x27; summit</a></li></ul>Romualdez said the US would also host next year&#x27;s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation&#x27;s annual meeting.&quot;President Marcos will be coming to the United States definitely for sure at least twice next year,&quot; he told ANC&#x27;s &quot;Headstart&quot;.He disclosed this when asked about Marcos&#x27; possible state visit to the US sometime next year.&quot;We&#x27;ve discussed that with the White House and of course, they&#x27;re very open to that. They see that as an important part,&quot; he said.&quot;We haven&#x27;t had a state visit here for 13 years now. We&#x27;ve not had a Philippine president come officially to the United States since about 8 years ago,&quot; he added.The last Philippine leader who visited Washington was Benigno Aquino III, who went to the White House for an official visit in 2012.The last state visit of a Philippine leader took place in 2003 when former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was welcomed by then-President George W. Bush.Marcos&#x27; predecessor Rodrigo Duterte had said he would never visit Washington following some US officials&#x27; criticism of his anti-narcotics campaign, which saw thousands of drug suspects killed.For his first trip to the US since becoming the country&#x27;s president, Marcos attended the 77th United Nations General Assembly in September.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/09/22/22/marcos-meets-kishida-blair">Marcos meets Japan’s Kishida, ex-UK PM Blair, World Bank President Malpass</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/19/22/marcos-thanks-pinoys-in-us-for-support-remittances">Marcos thanks Filipinos in US for support, economic contributions</a></li></ul>

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is set to visit the United States at least twice next year, the country's top diplomat in Washington said Friday.