United States Vice President Kamala Harris reaffirmed her government’s commitment to the defense of the Philippines in an event of an armed attack relating to the South China Sea dispute. | DYGalvezINQ
“We know that there are so many opportunities for us to continue to strengthen our relationship, that the basis of our relationship is based on mutual commitments to international rules and norms and upholding those international rules and norms in all the ways that we know allow for again prosperity and security for our respective nations in the region,” Harris also said.
Marcos already met with US President Joe Biden last September during his six-day working visit to New York to attend the 77th United Nations General Assembly. Harris is the first high-ranking US government official to visit the Philippines since Marcos assumed the presidency last June 30.for a series of engagements, including meetings with Marcos on the economic and security ties between the two countries and a trip to Palawan.
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