Breaking News: President Marcos back from trilateral summit in United States
MANILA, Philippines - President Marcos arrived in the country before dawn yesterday from a first-ever trilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington, where he secured stronger security commitments and expanded economic cooperation from the Philippines’ long-time allies.
The plane carrying Marcos and his delegation landed at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City at 3:03 a.m., according to the Presidential Communications Office.
In his arrival message posted on KZread, the President reported on the agreements entered into by the government with the two nations during his three-day visit to Washington, including the Luzon Economic Corridor under the G7 Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment.
The Luzon Economic Corridor is the first project of its kind in the Indo-Pacific and will connect Subic Bay, Clark, Manila and Batangas to accelerate coordinated investments in high-impact infrastructure projects, including ports, rail, clean energy, semiconductors, supply chains and other forms of connectivity in the country.
Marcos said the US and Japan also supported the Philippines’ implementation of the Open Radio Access Network or O-RAN, workforce development for the semiconductor industry, capacity-building in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and the country’s membership in the Minerals Security Partnership Forum.
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