President Marcos is off to Switzerland next week to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 16 to Jan. 20. | NCorralesINQ /PDI
According to the President, his Japanese counterpart extended the invitation when they met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in September last year.
“So I am undecided yet. It’s traveling too much. That’s already the end of January,” he told reporters then. Mr. Marcos’ predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, so far remains the most traveled President in his first year in office, with 21 foreign trips, including seven state visits and attendance in four summits.
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