Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrived in Manila on Wednesday (November 18) for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
A group of delegates greeted him upon his arrival.
Singapore is the Philippines’ fourth largest trading partner in 2014, with trade totalling $9 billion, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority.
The APEC gathering on Wednesday and Thursday (November 19) comes on the heels of a G20 summit in Turkey, which was dominated by discussions about the violence emanating from Syria’s civil war.
The Philippines was on high alert as the leaders arrived, with 30,000 security troops deployed across the capital.
Police in the city of 12 million closed off many roads leading to the venues of the meeting, which will be attended by about 20 heads of state or government, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Reuters)
