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Marcos thanks US lawmakers for supporting US-PH ties

Published Aug 9, 2024 04:13 am

President Marcos has thanked visiting American lawmakers for their continued support to the United States-Philippine alliance.

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President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. meets members of the United States Congressional Delegation (CODEL) of the House Committee Affairs duñring a courtesy call in Malacañan on Aug. 08, 2024. (Photo courtesy of PPA/ Yummie Dingding)

Marcos met members of the United States Congressional Delegation (CODEL) during a courtesy call in Malacañan on Thursday, Aug. 08.

During the meeting, the told them that "the fruits of those partnership, of those alliance that we are now forming to face up to these new challenges that we really had before are I think is very true although we are [coming] from resolution at least to manage the situation.”

“Again, on behalf of the Philippines, we express our gratitude for all the United States has done and continues to do in support of our alliance and to strong adherence for the Philippines," he further told the congressional delegation.

The US Congressional delegation was led by Rep. Michael T. McCaul (Republican-Texas), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Chairman Emeritus of the House Committee on Homeland Security.

He was accompanied by Rep. Addison Graves Wilson (Republican- 2nd district of South Carolina), a member of House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

According to Malacañang, the CODEL was primarily interested in hearing the Philippines’ views and concerns about China and what the US can do to support its assertion of its sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

McCaul thanked Marcos for the Philippines’ support to the US. He also praised the President for his “very strong” speech in the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore last May.

“The supplemental (appropriation) is very important, we see Israel, see Ukraine, see Indo-Pacific—three areas in the world, three regions [receiving] attack from tyrannical governments. We see President Putin and President Xi made an alliance in Beijing,” McCaul said, noting his country makes sure that the Philippines is included in the Foreign Military Financing (FMF).

American officials made an announcement at the 4th PH-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue on the proposed allocation of $500 million for the Philippines out of the $2.5 billion FMF supplemental budget for the Indo-Pacific.

The US is the Philippines’ oldest and only treaty ally. Bilateral defense and security engagement remains a key pillar of Philippines-US bilateral relations and is carried out within the framework of the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT), the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), and other bilateral agreements.

The two nations established formal diplomatic relations on July 4, 1946.

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