US Secretary of State Rubio meets with the Philippine President

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., on Monday in Washington, DC. Secretary Rubio and President Marcos underscored the importance of the ironclad United States-Philippines Alliance to maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. They reaffirmed their shared commitment to deterrence and reinforcing freedoms of navigation and overflight in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.