“The situation is heating up,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr says, referring to growing regional tension. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MANILA – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Monday said he will press US President Joe Biden to make clear the extent of Washington’s commitment to protect the Philippines under a 1951 defence treaty, citing growing regional tension.
Mr Marcos will hold talks with Mr Biden in Washington this weekend, a meeting the White House said would reaffirm its “ironclad commitments to the defence of the Philippines”.
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