No meeting with Obama during Aquino’s US visit

By Jill Beltran
September 15, 2011
THERE will be no one-on-one meeting between United States (US) President Barack Obama and President Benigno Aquino III after the latter is set to attend the launching of the Open Governance Partnership (OGP) in New York on September 20.
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Assistant Secretary Patricia Paez clarified that Aquino’s US visit is to honor the invitation of Obama for the OGP launching and not attend a bilateral meeting.
Paez noted that the Obama’s invitation is an acknowledgement of the Aquino administration’s commitment to transparency, anti-corruption, and good governance.
The Philippines is one of only two countries from Asia, which was chosen to be members of the Steering Committee of OGP. The other one is Indonesia.
“The President is only honored to accept US President Obama’s invitation because it recognizes the gains we have made so far in pursuing his platform of good governance,” Paez said in a press briefing in Malacanang Wednesday.
Aquino is scheduled to visit the US from September 18 to 23. He will have an official visit to New York and Washington.
OGP is a new multilateral initiative to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance co-chaired by US President Obama and Brazil President Dilma Rousseff.
Other seven countries that are members of the Steering Committee are: the US, Brazil, UK, Indonesia, Mexico, Norway and South Africa.
The Steering Committee members were selected based on the following criteria: fiscal transparency, access to information, disclosures related to elected officials, and citizen engagement.
Paez read a joint letter to President Aquino from President Obama and President Rousseff that said: “We appreciate the active engagement and leadership of your government in developing this effort, and look forward to standing with you as we launch this initiative in September.”
“The selection of the Philippines as a Steering Committee member is an international acknowledgment of the Aquino government’s demonstrated commitment to and innovative practices in open governance and anti-corruption,” she said.
President Aquino is expected to keynote an OGP-related forum entitled “The Power Open: A Global Discussion.”
Paez said Aquino is the only head of state invited to address the forum.
President Aquino was also invited by The Asia Society in New York to deliver a speech on domestic and foreign policy thrusts. The Asia Society was founded in 1956 by John D. Rockefeller III to promote greater knowledge of Asia in the US.
Paez said the speaking engagement resonates, both on a personal level for the President and on a historical level for the Filipino people, because it was at a speech in this forum on August 4, 1980 where Aquino’s late father Senator Benigno Aquino delivered his famous line “The Filipino is worth dying for.”
His late mother President Cory Aquino also spoke before Asia Society in 1986.
The President will also keynote the centennial forum of information technology giant IBM, which will be attended by more than 700 leaders from the government, industry, and academe, among others.
He will also meet with IBM and Convergys officials for the possible expansion of their business process outsourcing operations in the Philippines
Aquino will receive a doctor of laws degree, honoris causa, from Fordham University, an independent university in the Jesuit tradition founded in 1841, which also conferred an honorary degree on President Corazon Aquino in September 1986.
Following a Fordham tradition, the names of over 30 world leaders conferred a degree are carved on the steps of the “Terrace of the Presidents” at Keating Hall. The President’s name will be carved next to that of President Cory Aquino, said Paez.
The President will also be meeting with high level business executives in a forum that will be hosted by the US-Asean Business Council, the US Chamber of Commerce, and the Philippine-American Chamber of Commerce.
In Washington, the President will deliver a public lecture before the World Bank upon the invitation of World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick.
Zoellick, in his invitation to Aquino, said he was inspired by the Aquino administration’s platform of good governance and poverty reduction.
The President is also expected to meet with US Senator Daniel Inouye, President Pro Tempore of the US Senate and Chairman of its Appropriations Committee, to thank him for his continued support of Philippine causes in the US Congress.
Paez said Senator Inouye was responsible for the passage of Filipino Veterans Compensation Fund and the primary sponsor of the SAVE Act, which will benefit both the Philippine garment industry and the US textile manufacturers.
The Senator also consistently supported the Philippines through sustained allocations of economic and military assistance.
Paez said The Washington Post is trying to arrange an interview with the President.
He is also expected to meet with around 110,000 Filipinos staying in the Washington, Maryland, and Virginia. (Sunnex)

Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2011/09/14/no-meeting-obama-during-aquinos-us-visit-179361

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