President Joe Biden has told Ferdinand Marcos Jr that the US-Philippines alliance was “ironclad”, stressing that their mutual defence treaty applied to attacks on Filipino armed forces, in a warning to China.
Following a bilateral meeting, the White House said the leaders had “underscored their commitment to international law in the South China Sea”.
“President Biden reinforced the ironclad US alliance commitment to the Philippines under the US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty, which extends to armed attacks on Philippine armed forces, public vessels or aircraft — to include those of its Coast Guard — in the Pacific, including anywhere in the South China Sea,” the White House said.
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