MANILA (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy could have a bilateral assembly with Philippine President Marcos Jr. on the presidential palace in Manila on Monday, the Philippines’ presidential communications workplace stated.
Photographs from the press pool confirmed Zelenskiy signing a presidential visitor guide as Marcos regarded on, and Ukrainian and Philippine officers shaking arms forward of their assembly.
Zelenskiy travelled to Manila from Singapore, the place he made an unscheduled look on the Shangri-La Dialogue convention, his second go to to Asia since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Zelenskiy addressed the final day of the Shangri-La Dialogue discussion board in Singapore, asking for assist and participation at a summit in Switzerland deliberate for June 15-16 geared toward bringing peace to his war-ravaged nation.
Russia has not been invited and China has confirmed it is not going to attend. Zelenskiy has urged U.S. President Joe Biden to attend, however Washington has not confirmed who it’ll ship.