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MDT “in constant evolution,” President says in meeting (Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos and United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken discussed the Mutual Defense Treaty in the latter’s courtesy call in the Palace on Saturday, Aug. 6. Marcos said in the meeting that the MDT “is in constant evolution, I’d like to think of it.” The MDT is a defense accord signed between the Philippines and the US in which each party “recognizes that an […]
(Eagle News) — (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte had a closed door meeting Thursday night, February 28, with US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo who came to the Philippines straight from the historic second summit of President Donald Trump in Vietnam with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Pompeo, immediately after arriving in Manila, said he intended to “work closely” with the Philippines “to address regional issues such as #NorthKorea, the South China […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to meet US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday, Feb. 28. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. is also slated to meet with Pompeo, who will also be in the country on March 1, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. This is Pompeo’s first visit to the country since he assumed office. According to Panelo, “any subject matter that is mutually beneficial to both countries will be discussed or […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday urged Russia to “restrain” itself and the government in Syria as fierce fighting there continues on the day he had hoped political transition could start. “It is critical, obviously, that Russia restrain both itself and the Assad regime from conducting offensive operations, just as it is our responsibility to get the opposition to refrain from engaging in those operations,” he told journalists. […]
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – US Secretary of State, John Kerry, called for renewed efforts to end nuclear threats on Monday (April 11) after becoming the first U.S. secretary of state to pay respects at Hiroshima’s memorial to victims of the 1945 U.S. nuclear attack. Kerry described the museum as a “gut-wrenching” reminder of the need to work for a world free of nuclear weapons. “We came here and drew from the experience of touring in […]
