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December 18, 2025
In June this year, after a meeting with then Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared on X: “The U.S.-Philippines Alliance is vital for a free and open Indo-Pacific region.” Rubio added that he and Manalo “addressed China’s destabilizing actions in the South China Sea and found new opportunities for economic cooperation.” A month later, after meeting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Washington, Rubio’s words, released by his office
