STATEMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON THE PHILIPPINES-US MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY 30 April 2014 Under the Mutual Defense Treaty, the United States will come to the assistance of the Philippines if our metropolitan territory is attacked or if our Armed Forces are attacked in the Pacific area. In 1999, in a diplomatic letter, the United States affirmed that the South China Sea is considered as part of the Pacific area. END
Posted on: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 03:08:58 +0000
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