Blinken assures Marcos during PH visit: ‘We are committed to MDT’

  • 2 years ago
United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday, Aug. 6, assured President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. of Washington’s commitment to the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT), which will provide foreign support to each other in the Pacific in case of external armed attack.

During their meeting in Malacañang, the state secretary thanked Marcos for discussing important matters on US and Philippines relations with him, as well as the “quite extraordinary” ties between the two countries.

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