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WASHINGTON, United States — US President Joe Biden pledged Thursday to defend the Philippines from any attack in the South China Sea, as he hosted the first joint summit with Tokyo and Manila amid growing tensions with Beijing.
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden pledged Thursday to defend the Philippines from any attack in the South China Sea, as he hosted the first joint summit with Tokyo and Manila amid growing tensions with Beijing."The United States' defense commitments to Japan and to the Philippines are ironclad," Biden said as he met Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that U.S. defense commitment to Pacific allies was “ironclad” as he gathered Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House on Thursday in the midst of growing concern about provocative Chinese military action in the Indo-Pacific.
NEW DELHI: Amid escalating tensions in the South China Sea, the Philippines, under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, has taken a definitive stance against Beijing's maritime assertiveness. Manila's territorial dispute with Beijing has intensified following recent confrontations, including an incident on March 23 where Chinese coastguard and maritime militia vessels obstructed Philippine Coast Guard ships with water cannons, injuring three sailors.As per a South China Morning Post report, in a bold declaration, a Philippine envoy emphasized, “What President Marcos is doing is simply saying, ‘enough is enough’.
WASHINGTON, United States — US President Joe Biden holds the first ever summit with the leaders of Japan and the Philippines Thursday to show support for Manila against China's growing assertiveness in the disputed South China Sea.
WASHINGTON, United States — US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled their countries' biggest ever upgrade in defense ties Wednesday during a White House state visit focused on countering a resurgent China.
(UPDATE) BEIJING, through its embassy in Manila, rejected allegations that China deployed so-called sleeper cells in the Philippines amid reports of some Chinese with retiree's visa but who are still young.
(UPDATE) SYDNEY, Australia: The top US military officer in the Pacific on Tuesday said Washington was «very, very concerned» about Beijing's recent «dangerous» actions in the disputed South China Sea, after confrontations with Philippine vessels.