Biden is scheduled to travel to Japan and Australia in May. president hosted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for a state visit last week in which the two leaders introduced new steps aimed at deterring North Korea from launching an attack on neighbors.

Marcos’ official visit to Washington is the first by a Philippine president in more than 10 years. Monday’s Oval Office meeting is the latest high-level diplomacy with Pacific leaders by Biden as his administration contends with increased military and economic assertiveness by China and worries about North Korea’s nuclear program. Meanwhile, China has angered the Philippines by repeatedly harassing its navy and coast guard patrols and chasing away fishermen in waters close to Philippine shores but which Beijing claims as its own.īefore departing for Washington on Sunday, Macros said he was “determined to forge an ever stronger relationship with the United States in a wide range of areas that not only address the concerns of our times, but also those that are critical to advancing our core interests.” looks to deter China’s increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan and in the disputed South China Sea. access to four more bases on the islands as the U.S. The Philippines this year agreed to give the U.S.

and Philippines last week completed their largest war drills ever and as the two countries’ air forces on Monday will hold their first joint fighter jet training in the Philippines since 1990. Marcos’ visit to Washington comes after the U.S. of the Philippines for White House talks Monday as concerns grow about the Chinese navy’s harassment of Philippine vessels in the South China Sea. WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is set to host President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

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