MANILA, Nov 14 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim arrived here tonight for the 49th Asean Summit and Related Summits, with a packed diplomatic schedule that will see him return briefly to Malaysia to receive French President Emmanuel Macron before flying back to Manila.

The special aircraft carrying Anwar and his wife, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, landed at Terminal 2 of Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 8pm.

He was received by Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, Foreign Ministry Secretary-General Tan Sri Amran Mohamed Zin, and Malaysian Ambassador to the Philippines Datuk Abdul Malik Melvin Castelino Anthony.

Also present was the Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) of the Philippines, Sec. Juanito Victor “Jonvic” C. Remulla Jr.