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Visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has had his words loud and clear the expanded defense cooperation with the Philippines is “extraordinary” and underlined Washington’s expanding alliances are not aimed at China.
The Manila trip comes one month before a trilateral meeting on April 11 among US President Joe Biden, President Marcos and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, when the three, according to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, would push a “shared vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific.”
The Tuesday meeting, the second visit by Blinken since President Marcos took office on June 30, 2022, is seen as part of efforts to boost security and economic ties in face of growing Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea. Last year, President Marcos succeeded in pushing Washington to make clear the extent of Washington’s security commitment.
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