United States President Joe Biden and his Philippines counterpart Ferdinand Marcos Jr are set to agree on new guidelines to strengthen military cooperation, US officials said, as the two leaders met for talks at the White House.The meeting in Washington, DC on Monday afternoon comes as the presidents have sought to re-up ties between their two nations, which soured under Marcos Jr’s predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte.The trip, which marks the first official US visit by a president of the Philippines in more than 10 years, also coincides with the Biden administration’s push to counter China’s growing influence in the Asia-Pacific region.
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