President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. will meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday next week to tackle cooperation and security matters, the office of the Manila leader said in a statement late on Wednesday night.
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. will meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday next week to tackle cooperation and security matters, the office of the Manila leader said in a statement late on Wednesday night.Their meeting comes on the heels of heightened tensions between the Philippines and China over territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
A 2016 ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague found that China's sweeping claims over the South China Sea had no legal basis, but Beijing has rejected the ruling, claiming "indisputable sovereignty" over most of the regioni.Philippine government sources earlier said Blinken and Japan Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa will visit Manila next week for talks focusing on bolstering defense and economic ties ahead of a summit of their leaders in US in April.
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