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May 05, 2005

Deputy State Secretary Zoellick visits Manila,
meets President Arroyo and Cabinet

 

President Arroyo welcomes U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick in Malacanang Palace on May 5, during the Manila leg of his official trip to six ASEAN capitals.


Presidential Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita (second, left) and Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz (third, left) led Philippine Cabinet members in briefing the Deputy Secretary on major Philippine concerns, including terrorism and the Mindanao peace talks.
(Above:) President Arroyo welcomes U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick in Malacanang Palace on May 5, during the Manila leg of his official trip to six ASEAN capitals. (Left:) Presidential Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita (second, left) and Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz (third, left) led Philippine Cabinet members in briefing the Deputy Secretary on major Philippine concerns, including terrorism and the Mindanao peace talks.

 

 

President Arroyo welcomes Deputy State Spokesman Adam Ereli (above) and other members of the Deputy Secretary’s delegation during the courtesy call.
President Arroyo welcomes Deputy State Spokesman Adam Ereli (above) and other members of the Deputy Secretary’s delegation during the courtesy call. (Right:) The President greets U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Joseph Mussomeli who joined Ambassador Francis Ricciardone in accompanying Deputy Secretary Zoellick to Malacanang.

The President greets U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Joseph Mussomeli who joined Ambassador Francis Ricciardone in accompanying Deputy Secretary Zoellick to Malacanang.

 

 

Answering a question during a press conference in the Malacanang Palace, Deputy Secretary Zoellick stresses the importance of integrating (right) military, economic and political approaches in fighting global terrorism, as well as in seeking peace in Mindanao. “That;s what we’re trying to do here, and I know that’s been the strategy of the Government of the Philippines,” he said. (Photo below, from left:) Ambassador Ricciardone, Presidential Executive Secretary Ermita, and National Defense Secretary Cruz join the Deputy Secretary the press conference.
Answering a question during a press conference in the Malacanang Palace, Deputy Secretary Zoellick stresses the importance of integrating (right) military, economic and political approaches in fighting global terrorism, as well as in seeking peace in Mindanao.

Ambassador Ricciardone, Presidential Executive Secretary Ermita, and National Defense Secretary Cruz join the Deputy Secretary the press conference.

 

 

During a tour of the Embassy in Manila, the Deputy Secretary (above) views a replica of the ship that carried the first batch of American teachers to the Philippines in 1901, and is shown shrapnel marks that the Embassy’s flagpole sustained during an attack by Japanese soldiers in WWII (left).

Embassy Consul General David Donahue briefs him on the consular operations in Manila (lower left), and Embassy employees present him an antique WWII Garand rifle as a memento for his visit.
During a tour of the Embassy in Manila, the Deputy Secretary (above) views a replica of the ship that carried the first batch of American teachers to the Philippines in 1901, and is shown shrapnel marks that the Embassy’s flagpole sustained during an attack by Japanese soldiers in WWII (left). Embassy Consul General David Donahue briefs him on the consular operations in Manila (lower left), and Embassy employees present him an antique WWII Garand rifle as a memento for his visit.

Embassy Consul General David Donahue briefs him on the consular operations in Manila (lower left), and Embassy employees present him an antique WWII Garand rifle as a memento for his visit.		 Embassy Consul General David Donahue briefs him on the consular operations in Manila (lower left), and Embassy employees present him an antique WWII Garand rifle as a memento for his visit.

 

 

Deputy Secretary Zoellick reads the marker below the U.S. flag (above) that American forces flew on Corregidor Island in WWII, walks by the remains of the barracks (left) on the island, views a bust of General Douglas MacArthur (lower left), and poses for picture at the entrance of one of the tunnel-shelters on the island fortress with Filipino WWII veterans and Ms. Beth Day Romulo, president of the Corregidor Foundation.

Deputy Secretary Zoellick reads the marker below the U.S. flag (above) that American forces flew on Corregidor Island in WWII, walks by the remains of the barracks (left) on the island, views a bust of General Douglas MacArthur (lower left), and poses for picture at the entrance of one of the tunnel-shelters on the island fortress with Filipino WWII veterans and Ms. Beth Day Romulo, president of the Corregidor Foundation.
Deputy Secretary Zoellick reads the marker below the U.S. flag (above) that American forces flew on Corregidor Island in WWII, walks by the remains of the barracks (left) on the island, views a bust of General Douglas MacArthur (lower left), and poses for picture at the entrance of one of the tunnel-shelters on the island fortress with Filipino WWII veterans and Ms. Beth Day Romulo, president of the Corregidor Foundation.

Deputy Secretary Zoellick reads the marker below the U.S. flag (above) that American forces flew on Corregidor Island in WWII, walks by the remains of the barracks (left) on the island, views a bust of General Douglas MacArthur (lower left), and poses for picture at the entrance of one of the tunnel-shelters on the island fortress with Filipino WWII veterans and Ms. Beth Day Romulo, president of the Corregidor Foundation.
Deputy Secretary Zoellick reads the marker below the U.S. flag (above) that American forces flew on Corregidor Island in WWII, walks by the remains of the barracks (left) on the island, views a bust of General Douglas MacArthur (lower left), and poses for picture at the entrance of one of the tunnel-shelters on the island fortress with Filipino WWII veterans and Ms. Beth Day Romulo, president of the Corregidor Foundation.

 

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