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In Philippines, Pompeo Offers Major Alliance Assurance on South China Sea

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In Philippines, Pompeo Offers Major Alliance Assurance on South China Sea

The U.S. assurance clarifies long standing Philippine concerns about the scope of the alliance.

In Philippines, Pompeo Offers Major Alliance Assurance on South China Sea
Credit: Twitter via SecPompeo

Following the disappointing U.S.-North Korea summit meeting in Hanoi, which ended without any notable result, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo jetted off to Manila, where he offered a long-sought assurance to a U.S. treaty ally.

On Friday, Pompeo met with his Filipino counterpart Foreign Secretary Teddy Locsin and offered an assurance on the conditions under which the U.S.-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty of 1951’s provisions on collective defense would apply.

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