MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Sunday, April 30, left Manila for a days-long visit to the United States that would “reaffirm” the Philippines’ “special relationship” with its one-time colonizer.
PR001, a Philippine Airlines plane chartered especially for the visit, left the Villamor Airbase past 1:30 pm. The plane is expected to arrive in the US late afternoon Sunday, April 30 .on May 1 at the White House. He will also join an “expanded” meeting with Cabinet officials. Marcos is set to meet with legislators and different American companies, in separate occasions although the Palace has yet to disclose who he will be meeting with.
In early April, Malacañang announced the Philippines would open four more military bases under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement of the two countries. China’s top Manila envoy Huang Xillian recently advised the Philippines to stand against “Taiwan independence” if it cared about the Filipinos working in Taiwan. While Marcos downplayed Huang’s statements as being lost in translation, others saw it as a barely-veiled threat.
Ties with the US, particularly when it comes to defense, have also tightened under Marcos, who graced the largest-ever Balikatan days before flying to Washington DC.
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