The United States and the Philippines reaffirmed the need for peace across the Taiwan Strait in a joint statement issued Monday amid Beijing’s intimidating actions against the self-ruled island.
President Joe Biden met with his Philippine counterpart, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., at the White House and issued a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to deepen the U.S.-Philippines security alliance.
Marcos’s visit to the United States marked the first by a Philippine president in over a decade.
“We are facing new challenges. And I can’t think of any better partner to have than you,” Biden told the Philippine leader….