Here’s what you need to know about the jet-setting president’s latest trip – the first in a three-country blitz throughout the month of May.
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. visits the United States for the second time in his presidency from April 30 to May 4, 2023, for an official visit to Washington, DC.
Following that meeting, Marcos will join an “expanded meeting” with Cabinet officials. Marcos is also expected to have meetings with legislators, and American business leaders throughout the trip. An official working visit is the third-highest type of visit from a head of state or head of government in the US, with the state visit being the highest.The Philippines, as one of five treaty partners of the US in the region, is critical in their Indo-Pacific strategy. The Philippines, too, sees its relationship with the US as essential – Marcos himself had once waxed poetic about being unable to imagine a future of the Philippines without the US.
Marcos, in an interview with his former social services secretary Erwin Tulfo, said he intends to bring up the 71-year-old Mutual Defense Treaty and the Visiting Forces Agreement between the two countries because they need to “evolve” according to the current geopolitical situation. Since taking office, Marcos has hosted three top US officials in Malacañang – Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
Business leaders will also be flying into DC for the official visit, although neither the Palace nor the Foreign Affairs Department have disclosed the names of those joining the business delegation of the trip. Sabine Aboitiz, Marcos’ friend who heads the Private Sector Advisory Council, led the business delegation during the President’s first visit to the US in September 2022.
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