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Dureza said Arroyo would probably stay in Chicago for only about an hour to meet with members of the Filipino community.
Soon after Obama’s historic victory over Republican Sen. John McCain was announced by the US media last Tuesday, Arroyo promptly called the triumphant Democrat.
But Malacañang said she failed to catch Obama who was probably still too busy to accommodate calls from world leaders then. It was around 2 a.m. in Chicago when Ms Arroyo placed the call at the State Department.
Arroyo reportedly tried to contact Obama again the following day, but with similar result.
In an interview over dzRB on Sunday, Dureza said he was not aware if Arroyo had finally reached Obama, whom she had also failed to meet during her working visit in the United States last June.
In a text message, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said Arroyo was “confident that the incoming presidency of US President-elect Barack Obama usher an "era of enhanced relations between the Philippines and the United States.”
Ermita cited portions of the June 24 letter by Obama to Arroyo in which the new US president “outlined issues and concerns for collaboration … hinged on a ‘partnership that makes progress on 21st century challenges.’”
Such issues included “climate change, food security, poverty reduction, the future of the (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), human rights in Burma, and defense reform.”
Ermita said Obama also noted the two countries’ “shared history and the Philippines’ role as Asia’s first democracy” while highlighting “the Philippines’ special bond with the United States.”
“This bond is enriched by a vibrant and successful Filipino-American community that has made such enormous contributions to our country (the US),” he quoted Obama as writing.
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