President Joe Biden is meeting Monday with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines as concerns grow about China’s harassment of Philippine vessels in the South China Sea.
Shorly after Marcos arrived at the White House, he and Biden strolled along the White House colonnade and into the Oval Office to begin their bilateral talks.
Marcos’ White House visit comes after the two countries completed their largest joint war drills ever.
The Philippines this year agreed to give the U.S. military access to four more bases as the Biden administration looks to deter China’s increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan and in the disputed South China Sea.
Meanwhile, China has angered the Philippines by repeatedly harassing its navy and coast guard patrols and chasing away fishermen in waters close to Philippine shores.
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