President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and US President Joe Biden discussed a stronger alliance between the Philippines and America during their meeting at the White House.
In the one-on-one meeting this Tuesday morning (Philippines time), Marcos Jr. insisted the importance of continuing to strengthen the alliance and partnership of countries.
Amid challenges, he said it is only natural for the Philippines to look to America, its only treaty partner in the world, to strengthen the relationship between the two countries and to clarify the role of the countries in tensions.
“There are also issues, geo-political issues that make the region where the Philippines is possibly, arguably, the most complicated geo-political situation in the world right now,” said Marcos.
“So it is only natural that the Philippines look to its sole treaty partner in the world to strengthen and to redefine the relationship that we have and the roles that we play in the face of those rising tensions that we see now around the South China Sea , and the Asia Pacific and the Indo-Pacific regions,” he said.
Biden once again assured that the commitment of the US to the Philippines to defend the country, including in the South China Sea, remains strong amid the rising tensions in the region.
Stronger alliance of PH, US discussed in Biden, Marcos meeting
Amidst the tensions, Biden is said to think of no other better partner for America than the Philippines, with which he has a deep friendship.
Biden also promised that America would continue to support the modernization of the Philippine military.
“We are facing new challenges. And I can’t think of any better partner to have than you. I could not agree more that we have to, this relationship has to continue to evolve,” said Biden.
“The United States also remains ironclad, remains ironclad in our commitment to the defense of the Philippines, including the South China Sea. And we are going to continue to support the Philippines’ military modernization goals,” he added.
Biden also announced that he would send a presidential trade and investment mission to the Philippines, which he called “the first of its kind.”
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