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Marcos undecided on attending World Economic Forum in Switzerland

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Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. attends the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on November 11, 2022. Office of the Press Secretary" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/11/13/20221111-marcos-asean-cambodia-ops-2.jpg"/><figcaption>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. attends the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on November 11, 2022. <em>Office of the Press Secretary</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>PHNOM PENH—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is still undecided about attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland on January 16-20, 2023. </p><p>WEF Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab extended the invitation to Marcos in a breakfast in Cambodia last Saturday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/12/22/marcos-invited-to-world-economic-forum-next-year">Marcos invited to attend World Economic Forum in Davos: OPS</a></li></ul><p>Marcos said he was still thinking if his schedule would be able to accommodate it.</p><p>“So I am undecided yet. It’s travelling too much. That’s already the end of January. I’m going to China on the third,&quot; Marcos said.</p><p>“Parang, like my mom says, &#x27;Kailan ka nag-oopisina?&#x27; Which is --- may dahilan din. So I haven’t decided. We’ll see,” he added.</p><p>Schwab told Marcos that attending the WEF would a good opportunity to promote the Philippines before the global business community and attract investors.</p><p>But Marcos said he was still assessing if the country is ready for it.</p><p>“So papunta ko doon sa Davos tapos sasabihin mo pero hindi, huwag muna ngayon, next year pa. ‘Di ba? Ba’t pa natin gagawin? So ‘yun ang --- that’s really the determining factor,” he said</p><div><strong>STATE VISITS</strong></div><p>Marcos also said that he had received other invitations for state visits apart from China when he attended the ASEAN meetings. </p><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=2340140" 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><p>“Vietnam, Brunei. Actually lahat invited --- kasi first time nila ako na... ‘Yung iba Thailand, first (time) nila ako makilala. So they’ve all invited me. Sabi ko, sige, basta ako naman wala akong hini-hindian,” he said.</p><p>“Sinasabi ko lang ‘yung mag-schedule tayo kung kailan libre tayo pareho. That’s down the road. Siguro next year we’ll start honoring those invitations,” he added</p><p>Marcos Jr’s next foreign trips include the APEC Summit in Thailand this November, the ASEAN-European Union Summit on December and a state visit to China on early January of next year.</p><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=2329568" 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>

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr is still undecided about attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland on January 16-20, 2023. 

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Marcos undecided on attending World Economic Forum in Switzerland

Joyce Balancio,

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Published Nov 14, 2022 03:22 AM PHT

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