Philippines-Japan-US tripartite agreement still a concept, no details yet —Marcos

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has clarified that the possible tripartite agreement between the Philippines and its two close allies, the United States and Japan, is still a concept that has to be further discussed.

Speaking to reporters on the flight back to Manila, Marcos said that the Philippine delegation and their Japanese counterparts “haven’t talked about it in detail.”

The President, likewise, told the Philippine media that it needs to be further discussed as to “what exactly does [the tripartite agreement] entail.” The President said that the Philippine government will sit down with its Japanese and American counterparts to iron out the details.“Now we have to go back and go into the details of all of those different subjects,” he said.

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