US President Joe Biden and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will agree to new guidelines for stronger military cooperation, US officials said, underscoring a dramatic turnaround in US-Philippine relations over the past year. | Reuters
Marcos became president last year and has sought warm relations with both the United States and China, who are vying for influence in the Asia-Pacific region.
“Some of the steps that China have taken have concerned [Marcos], probably even surprised him,” said one senior Biden administration official. “He has strong desire to work closely with both countries but finds himself in a situation that the steps that China’s taking are deeply concerning.” Biden has invested in courting Marcos, who still faces a US court judgment connected with $2 billion of plundered wealth under his father’s rule.
Ahead of the summit, US Democratic Representatives Jan Schakowsky and Rosa DeLauro led 13 US lawmakers in a bipartisan letter to Biden calling on him to raise what they called the worsening human rights “crisis” in the Philippines.
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