US, China lead inaugural guest

The United States and the People's Republic of China will send their respective delegations to the June 30 inauguration of President-elect Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III and Vice President-elect Jejomar Binay.United States President Barack Obama designated US Trade Representative Ron Kirk to head the American delegation, while Chinese President Hu Jintao will send Yan Junqi, vice-chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of the PROC to head the Chinese delegation during the inauguration."The Honorable Ron Kirk, US Trade Representative and a member of President Obama's Cabinet, will lead the delegation," the US Replica IWC Watches Embassy said in a statement on Saturday.Kirk will join other world representatives who confirmed to attend the historical inauguration, including Chinese Vice Chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) Yan Junqi; Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva; East Timor President Jose Ramos- Horta; and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.US Ambassador to the Philippines Harry K.

Thomas, Jr. said President Obama's personal selection of the delegation is a proof of the US government's commitment to further strengthen its bilateral ties with the Philippines."I am delighted that President Obama personally chose Ambassador Kirk to lead the US delegation to the inauguration. This signals the US Government's commitment to increasing trade opportunities with the Philippines. We look forward to working with the new government on these and many other issues," Thomas said.On June 9, Obama personally called Aquino when the President-elect and Binay were proclaimed as the 15th President and Vice President of the Philippines by the joint Congress.The Philippines is known as one of the US's "treaty allies" due to the long-standing strong and vibrant ties between the Philippines and the US - be it the political, economic, and cultural arena.There are now about 2.5 million Filipinos residing in the US and more than 100,000 Americans living in the Philippines. IWC Portuguese Perpetual Calendar 18kt Rose Gold Brown Mens Watch 5021-19 Over $157 million had been given to Filipino World War II veterans under the Filipino World War II Veterans Equity Compensation (FVEC), a one-time benefit signed by US President Barack Obama in February 2009.The US and the Philippines have close cooperation in the area of defense, particularly on regional security, counterterrorism, combating human trafficking, disaster relief and rehabilitation. It is the Philippines' number one trading partner and largest foreign investor, with bilateral trade amounting to $6-billion in 2008."It is expected that the visit by H.E. Yan would help maintain the sound momentum of high-level exchanges between China and the Philippines. The visit would also contribute to ensure that China-Philippines strategic and cooperative relationship gets off to a good start under the new Philippine administration and continues to forge ahead," the Chinese embassy statement said.The Philippines and China celebrated its 35th year of bilateral relations earlier this month. Replica Technomarine Watches The two countries established its bilateral relations way back in 1975.China is the Philippines' third largest trading partner as well as ASEAN's third largest trading partner.Chinese President Hu and Vice President Xi Jinping were among the world leaders who sent their congratulatory statements to President-elect Aquino and Vice President-elect Binay following their proclamation last June 9.

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