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When President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. steps onto the podium of Australia’s House of Representatives, he will also officially become a member of a very exclusive club of select world leaders invited to address the highest governing body in Canberra.
The Philippine president is set to address what Bloomberg has described as a “rare” joint sitting of Australia’s Parliament on Thursday, February 29. It’s an honor that is, no doubt, rare.
Previous invitees include past American presidents Barack Obama, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. Chinese leaders Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping have also been accorded the honor.
“I think it’s the strongest testament to the importance of the Philippines for geopolitical relations,” Dr. Maria Tanyag, a research fellow and lecturer at t…