Marcos to hold talks with Canada, France leaders

PRESIDENT Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is looking forward to his bilateral meetings with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summits and Related Summits in Cambodia. Marcos, who arrived.

Marcos, who arrived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Wednesday evening, will join other leaders of Asean member states for the four-day summit from November 10 to 13 to discuss political, security, economic and sociocultural developments, as well as global issues affecting Southeast Asia and beyond.

"I'm looking forward to the bilaterals because, again, iba 'yung usapan eh kapag face-to-face (discussions are different when done face-to-face)," Marcos told reporters onboard the presidential plane bound to Cambodia.