This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.In April, Marcos said the Philippines' Mutual Defense Treaty with the US would be invoked if a foreign power kills a Filipino serviceman. He now expands the list to include any Filipino citizen, and says their death would be 'very close to... an act of war.'
“What would happen if there was an incident that ended up killing a Filipino serviceman, be it a coast guard, or in the military or navy? That would certainly increase the level of response, and if… not only a serviceman, but a Filipino citizen is killed by a willful act, that is I think very, very close to what we define as an act of war, and therefore, we would respond accordingly,” President Marcos said on Friday night, May 31, after his high-profile address at the Shangri-La Dialogue,...
Manila and Washington signed the Mutual Defense Treaty in 1951, but the conditions that would trigger the agreement have always remained vague.that the MDT between the Philippines and the US would be invoked if a Filipino serviceman was killed in an attack by any foreign power.
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