RP vice president to visit Beijing

Thu, 16 Jun 1994, 00:00 WIB | Source: AFP

MANILA (AFP): Philippine Vice President Joseph Estrada said
yesterday he would make a nine-day official visit to China from
Saturday at the invitation of Chinese Vice President Rong Yiren.

The visit was announced amid a controversy surrounding
Manila's grant of a non-exclusive geophysical permit to a U.S.-
Filipino joint venture to look into the possibility of
prospecting for oil in waters adjacent to the disputed Spratly
Islands.

Estrada's spokesman Ike Gutierrez said the June 18-26 visit
was expected to "help foster closer economic and cultural ties
with the People's Republic of China." But he declined to comment
on whether the Spratly issue would be discussed.

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