2024/04 29

Biden hosts Japanese, Philippine leaders to discuss China’s aggression.

U.S. President Joe Biden hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the White House on Thursday, aiming to send China a clear message that it must halt its aggressive behavior in the South China Sea. "United States defense commitments to Japan and to the Philippines are ironclad," Biden said at the trilateral summit.