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Chinese President Xi Jinping has dispatched a senior official to Pyongyang to reassert China's «deep friendship» with North Korea, as concern rises in Beijing and Washington over Kim Jong Un's blossoming alliance with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
A rusting vessel stranded on a reef in the South China Sea was likely among the geopolitical flashpoints under scrutiny when Joe Biden held historic summits with his Japanese and Philippine counterparts last week in Washington.
MANILA: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said Monday the United States would not be given access to more Philippine military bases.Marcos's remarks came days after a trilateral summit between the United States, Japan and the Philippines in Washington where tensions over the disputed South China Sea -- which Beijing claims almost entirely -- were high on the agenda.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president said Monday his administration has no plan to give the U.S. military access to more Philippine army camps and stressed that the American military presence was sparked by China’s aggressive actions in the disputed South China Sea.
MANILA: The Philippines has no plans to grant the United States access to more military bases, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Monday, after nearly doubling the number last year under a joint defence pact.Beijing has previously accused the Philippines of "stoking the fire" when it increased the number of bases the US military could use to nine from five, with the new sites located close to potential flashpoints.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said Monday the United States would not be given access to more Philippine military bases.
WASHINGTON/MANILA: A cooperation agreement by the Philippines, the United States and Japan will change the dynamic in the South China Sea and the region, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Friday, while seeking to assure China it was not a target. "I think the trilateral agreement is extremely important," Marcos told a press conference in Washington a day after meeting President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in the nations' first trilateral summit.
MANILA, Philippines — A cooperation agreement among the Philippines, the United States and Japan will change the dynamic in the South China Sea and the region, President Marcos said on Friday, while seeking to assure China it was not a target.