7 minutes agoBlinken: The United States will defend the Philippines if attacked
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(4 years ago)US Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured the Philippines on Saturday that the US would protect if attacked in the South China Sea, seeking to ease concerns about the extent of the US's commitment to a mutual protection treaty. At meetings in Manila dominated by discussion on the faint US-Kine tensions over the visit [...]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured the Philippines on Saturday that the US would protect if attacked in the South China Sea, seeking to ease concerns about the extent of the US's commitment to a mutual protection treaty.
At meetings in Manila dominated by the discussion on the faint US-Kina tensions over the visit to Taiwan of the US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Blinken said a 70-year-old protection pact with the Philippines was Hux0> iron”.
“An armed attack on the armed forces, public ships and aircraft of the Philippines will be called in US mutual protection commitments under that treaty”, Blinken said at a press conference, Klonkosova attended. tv
“Philins are a friend, partner and irreplaceable ally of the United States”.
Blinken was the top American official to meet with new President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
