US first lady Melania Trump unlikely to travel to Apec summit in China
US first lady Melania Trump is unlikely to travel to China with the president for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen this month. “First lady Melania Trump is not scheduled to attend the events in person,” her office said in response to a query about her travel plans. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit the Philippines for this year’s Association of Southeast Asian…
First lady Melania Trump is reportedly unlikely to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in China this month. Her office confirmed that she is not scheduled to participate in person. President Donald Trump, however, is set to visit the Philippines for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit before traveling to the Apec event on November 18-19.
At the Beijing summit in May, Xi Jinping personally invited the Trumps to Shenzhen for a tea ceremony, which was also attended by Xi's wife, Peng Liyuan. A source familiar with the discussions stated that the Philippines had also invited Melania Trump to visit, but her absence would diminish the soft power diplomacy between the US and Chinese first ladies, who recently demonstrated a more informal rapport at the US-China state visit in Washington.
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