Terminal 3 impasse haunts Noy even in German HR meet By Aytch S. de la Cruz 01/27/2011

Terminal 3 impasse haunts Noy even in German HR meet

By Aytch S. de la Cruz 01/27/2011

The impasse over the Terminal 3 project of the Ninoy Aquino International Aiport (NAIA) remained on the table even during a meeting between President Aquino and German liberal democrats supposedly to discuss human rights and politics that underlined the deep concern of Germany over the long-drawn dispute involving one of its major companies, the state-owned airport developer Fraport AG.

President Aquino told reporters that human rights issue was on top of the agenda when he met German officials who went to Malacañang last Monday to accompany Commissioner Mark Loning of the Federal Government’s Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid who made a courtesy call to Aquino but the discussions veered off to the Fraport issue.

“The one who visited me actually was the Commissioner on Human Rights. So we were discussing the human rights situation. We touched on the Fraport (issue) — we discussed a little on the trade that already exists between Germany and ourselves and the last point there was that we were both liberal democrats. So there is going to be a big meeting in the middle of this year for liberal democrats everywhere in the world,” Aquino told reporters..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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