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Marcos to make another trip to US in November
by Jean Mangaluz Inquirer.net
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MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday, August 9 said he is headed to the United States this November for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
This would be his third trip to the U.S. as the Philippines’ chief executive. Marcos assumed the presidency on June 30, 2022. The APEC is a regional economic forum of 21 countries, including the U.S. and the Philippines.
“The Philippines is actively participating in Indo-Pacific economic framework, and APEC leaders meeting in San Francisco in November, I look forward joining fellow APEC leaders in California, later this year. This will be my third trip in U.S. since I assumed office,” Marcos said during a courtesy call with members of the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council.
According to Marcos, he will advance the country’s energy interests, saying that the Philippines is interested in sustainable land, water, and ocean solutions that align with climate goals.
“All efforts to increase the number of power sources lean towards clean energy. That being the case, I am interested in the potential of nuclear energy, especially in light of new technologies and innovations that allow the use of smaller scale, modular, nuclear reactors, and other advanced [reactors] technologies that we see as being safer and more efficient than the more traditional designs of nuclear power production,” said Marcos.
President Marcos first went to the U.S. in September 2022 for the 77th United Nations General Assembly. This was followed last May, highlighted u PAGE A2
