Marcos touches base with US and China


Source: manilatimes.net manilatimes.net

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PRESIDENT Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. used the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia as a platform to touch base with geopolitical rivals China and the United States. The President met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on the sidelines of the Asean Plus Three Summit on Saturday, and the two discussed Marcos' planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in January. Addressing the 10th Asean-US Special Summit later in the day, Marcos called on the US to step up cooperation in the fight "against illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing and also in combating marine...