President Biden is employing some personal diplomacy this week as he intensifies his efforts to build a network of defense alliances in East Asia to challenge China's growing influence and power.
Biden seeks coalition with Japan, Philippines to counter a rising ChinaPresident Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida walk from the Oval Office to a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Washington.
The Philippines is also seen as a key to fortifying the front line in an increasingly tumultuous region. Beijing has lodged extensive sovereignty claims over the South China Sea, one of the world’s major shipping lanes, inflaming tensions with the Philippines and other countries in the region such as Vietnam, Taiwan and Malaysia., the Philippines and the U.S. conducted a joint patrol in the South China Sea, where Beijing has harassed the Philippine Navy resupply missions to a disputed outpost.
“The main intent of this trilateral agreement is for us to be able to continue to flourish, to be able to help one another, and of course to keep the peace in the South China Sea and the freedom of navigation,” he said.. He has doubled the number of Philippine bases American soldiers can access under a defense cooperation treaty and has initiated talks with Tokyo for an access agreement that would allow Japanese forces to deploy on Philippine soil as well.
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