United States (US) President Barack Obama’s visit to the country late this month will showcase the intimacy of the US with the Philippines and serve to draw the two nations even closer, a Malacañang official said over the weekend.

On Friday, Philippine Ambassador to Washington Jose Cuisia announced that the visit would take place from April 28 to 29. This is the first visit of a US President to the Philippines in 11 years after President George W. Bush’s trip in October 2003.

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