MANILA
\nBrazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will attend the ASEAN summit in Manila later this month, joining other world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, the hosts said Friday.
\n\u201cPresident Lula will attend the Summit\u201d as a guest of the summit chair, Dominic Imperial, the Philippine foreign department\u2019s spokesman for ASEAN issues, told reporters.
\nTrump, Lula, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney are among world leaders confirmed to fly to Manila for the November 15-18 summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and related meetings.
\nLula, 81, pulled off a shock election win last month against Flavio Bolsonaro in a vote later described by Trump as a \u201cdisgrace.\u201d
\nBolsonaro fled to the United States last week to start a self-imposed exile after the vote count.
\nASEAN\u2019s so-called East Asian dialogue partners \u2014 China, Japan, and South Korea \u2014 will also be represented at the Manila gathering, though Beijing has not named its official representative.
\nUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is also expected to take part, the host nation has said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MANILA Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will attend the ASEAN summit in Manila later this month, joining other world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, the hosts said Friday. \u201cPresident Lula will attend the Summit\u201d as a guest of the summit chair, Dominic Imperial, the Philippine foreign department\u2019s spokesman for ASEAN issues, told […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-576404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n