assistance to the Philippines over the years.īlinken reiterated Washington’s commitment to the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty with the Philippines and “to working with you on shared challenges.”īlinken told journalists he also discussed with Marcos Jr. praised the vital relationship between Manila and Washington, which are treaty allies, and U.S. “This just demonstrates how volatile the international diplomatic scene is not only in the region,” he added. said based on a transcript released by the presidential palace. 'It just demonstrated it - how the intensity of that conflict has been,” Marcos Jr.

mentioned he was surprised by the turn of events related to Pelosi's visit to Taiwan this week. In his brief meeting with Blinken, Marcos Jr.

took office on June 30 following a landslide election victory. would “keep our channels of communication with China open with the intent of avoiding escalation to the misunderstanding or miscommunication.”īlinken is the highest ranking American official to visit the Philippines since Marcos Jr. “We seek to deescalate those tensions and we think dialogues are a very important element of that,” he said, adding the U.S. China shut “military-to-military channels, which are vital for avoiding miscommunication and avoiding crisis, but also cooperation on transnational crimes and counter-narcotics, which help keep people in the United States, China and beyond, safe,” he said.ĭespite China's actions, Blinken said he told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Friday in Cambodia, where they attended an annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, that the U.S.

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