The Philippines is looking forward to the visit of US President Donald Trump in Manila in November, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said on Saturday, adding the visit "affirms the strong partnership between the two allies", Xinhua news agency reported.

"President Trump will definitely receive a very warm welcome in Manila," Cayetano said after the White House confirmed on Friday the US chief executive's participation in the East Asian Summit.

"(Philippine) President (Rodrigo) Duterte (photo) is looking forward to welcoming President Trump in Manila," Cayetano said, adding that "our people are excited to see the first face-to-face meeting between our two leaders."

The White House said Trump's visit to the Philippines will be part of a 12-day trip from Nov 3 to Nov 14, that will also take him to Japan, South Korea, China, and Vietnam.

"Trump's visit underscores the improving relations between the Philippines and the United States, which no less than Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told me is on an upward vector," Cayetano said.

Cayetano (photo) also described relations between the Philippines and the US to be strong and irreversible in his interview with National Public Radio (NPR) in Washington on Thursday.

"The American-Filipino relationship is so resilient that it bounces back right always regardless of personalities and issues," Cayetano told NPR anchor Mary Louise Kelly.

Meanwhile, Thailand's Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha will meet US President Donald Trump on Monday, a day earlier than planned because the latter has to visit victims of Hurricane Maria which hit Puerto Rico last week, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported a deputy Thai government spokesman, as saying.

Lieutenant General Weerachon Sukhonthapathiphak told journalists upon his arrival in Washington DC early today that the two government leaders will hold private talks one day earlier because the US president has a tight schedule in visiting the hurricane victims in several US areas.

Lt Gen Weerachon arrived in the US capital to make preparations for the Thai government leader’s official visit, which is the first time after he has seized the administrative power from the government of prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on May 22, 2014.

Gen Prayut (photo) will pay a three-day official visit to the US between Oct 2 – 4.

Lt Gen Weerachon said the meeting which is pushed forward a day earlier would not affect earlier schedules, including plans for accompanying Thai businessmen to meet their American counterparts.

- Bernama