Goh invited to visit RP

Goh invited to visit RP

SINGAPORE (Reuter): Philippine Foreign Secretary Domingo Siazon will meet Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong during a visit to Singapore between July 16 to 19, the city state's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said yesterday.

Commenting on the visit, a diplomatic source told Reuters: "He will give the Prime Minister an invitation to visit the Philippines. The time has not been decided yet."

The Singapore prime minister was supposed to visit the Philippines last year, but the trip was canceled following the diplomatic fallout after the March 17, 1995 hanging of maid Flor Contemplacion for double murder.

Filipinos denounced the hanging and both countries recalled their envoys from each other's capitals. The differences were patched up last December and ambassadors reappointed early this year.

Siazon will also hold talks with Foreign Minister S. Jayakumar and Trade and Industry Minister Goh Chee Wee, the MFA said in a statement.