DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
S T A T E M E N T 
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SFA-AGR-PS002-07                                                                                                                                              05 January  2007

Statement of
DR. ALBERTO G. ROMULO

On the President as one of the key participants
in the World Economic Forum, Davos, 25-26 January 2006

5 January 2006

At the start of every year, key global leaders, chairpersons and chief executives of the world's top corporations and eminent members of international media, the academe and civil society gather in Davos, Switzerland to share their insights and discuss the economic issues and developments that shape our world.

This year, H.E. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, upon the invitation of the organizers, will join this group of global decision and opinion makers at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting on 25-26 January.

At the heart of their discussion is how best to move forward in Shaping the Global Agenda, the theme for this year's annual meeting.

In particular, on the 26th of January, the President will be the lead speaker on the topic "ASEAN's Economic Roadmap", where she will be joined by distinguished panelists among whom are the Prime Ministers of Malaysia and Vietnam.

The President, in another session, also on the 26th of January, will in turn be a panelist on the topic "ASEAN's Diplomatic Agenda".

The President will bring to these two sessions the political and economic momentum garnered by the ASEAN Summit.

She will actively participate in these two sessions as the President of a country that is steadily strengthening its economic fundamentals, that is firmly and effectively on the road to economic reform, that is resolutely committed to fair and open trade and that is continuing to gain the trust and confidence of the international business and economic community.

As the current Chair of ASEAN, the President will also be representing a region that is committed to working closely together to create the opportunities for greater wealth, growth and progress, that is dynamic and that is the focus of attention of global business and investors.

While in Davos, the president is also scheduled to meet with a number of leading international businessmen and investors.

The President's participation in this year's World Economic Forum is an important and significant opportunity to present to the world the economic prospects that the Philippines and the Southeast Asian region have to offer to global business and financiers. END

 

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