THE late arrival of United States President Donald Trump will not affect the schedule of next week’s Asean Summit, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Friday.
Dominic Xavier Imperial, DFA spokesman for Asean-related matters, said in a press briefing at the International Media Center in Pasay City that all scheduled events — including the closing ceremony and the ceremonial handover of the Asean chairship to Singapore — will proceed as planned, with the Asean-US Special Summit concluding the event.
“Nothing will be pushed back. We will proceed as planned with regard to the preparations, especially on the closing ceremony,” Imperial said.