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MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. hopes to “strengthen the cooperation” between the Philippines, United States, and Japan as China amps up its rhetoric against Manila over the South China Sea.

“We hope the intention is to continue to plan, to strengthen the cooperation between the three countries—the United States, Japan, and the Philippines. And we will perhaps formalize it but we, at this point, we are still…that’s part of the discussion that we will be having to exactly what will be put in any agreement,” Marcos told Philippine media in response to questions in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, March 13 (early March 14 in Manila).

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Source:https://www.rappler.com/philippines/marcos-stronger-ties-united-states-japan/