Speaker Martin G. Romualdez has laid the groundwork for the historic visit of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. this weekend to the United States to meet with President Joe Biden and other US officials.
Just days before President Marcos’ visit, the Speaker embarked on a two-week trip to the US to meet with American lawmakers to discuss defense and security cooperation and economic partnership between the Philippines and the US.
He has described his meeting with the Speaker of the US House of Representatives and other lawmakers as “historic and fruitful.”“Our meeting proved fruitful as the Philippine delegation managed to impress on Speaker McCarthy the need for the legislative representatives of the two countries to ramp up discussions on how to further boost US-Philippine relations,” Romualdez said.
The Speaker said his group and their US peers also agreed on improving communication, synergy, coordination, and sharing of best practices between their institutions. “Our message to the US legislators was clear. The US-Philippine ties are strong and are reaching new heights and levels of understanding under the administrations of President Marcos and US President Joe Biden. Our defense and security arrangements are solid, and our bilateral strategic partnership is working,” he said.
Romualdez said the warm welcome they received from their American peers “solidifies the good working bilateral ties between the two countries under the Biden and Marcos administrations.” From 2002 to 2021, the country received roughly US$1.8 billion for defense modernization, maritime security, counterterrorism, anti-narcotics, anti-human trafficking, humanitarian assistance and disaster response, and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear preparedness.
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