PH, US conducts 2+2 meeting regarding West Philippine Sea

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The communication lines between the Philippines and the United States "are very open," allowing both countries to continuously examine regional issues including the situation in the West Philippine Sea.  READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2024/7/30/philippines-us-have-very-open-communication-lines-marcos  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and, of course, to our visitors from the United States,

00:10Secretary Tony Blinken and Secretary Lloyd Austin, for the two-plus-two meetings that

00:16we are going to be conducting, welcome back to the Philippines.

00:21And I am always very happy that these communication lines are very open so that all the things

00:32that we are doing together, in terms of our alliance, in terms of the specific context

00:38of our situation here in the West Philippine Sea and in the Indo-Pacific, are continuously

00:45examined and reexamined.

00:47So we are agile in terms of our responses.

00:52But we are very happy to see you once again.

00:54I'm a bit surprised, considering how interesting your political situation has become back in

01:02the States, but I'm glad that you found the time to come and visit with us.

01:07Mr. President, thank you so much.

01:09Thank you for the – as always, the warm welcome.

01:12I bring you greetings from President Biden, Vice President Harris, along with Secretary Austin.

01:17We're very, very pleased to be here.

01:19Let me just start by sending our deepest condolences to all the victims of the recent typhoon,

01:25and to say again, anything we can do to be of assistance, we welcome doing that.

01:30I think today is genuinely historic.

01:33This is the first time that the Philippines has hosted our two-plus-two.

01:37It's, I think, really evidence of a steady drumbeat of very high-level engagements between

01:42our countries that are covering the full range of issues and opportunities that bring us

01:47together – not only security, but also economic.

01:51And we're truly grateful for this partnership.

01:53We look forward to a very good day with our colleagues, and to further advancing the critical

01:58work that we're doing together.

01:59So thank you again for receiving us.

02:00No, of course.

02:01Thank you.

02:02Thank you.

02:03Thank you.

02:04Thank you.

02:05Thank you.

02:06Thank you.

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