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Jervis Manahan

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<p>WASHINGTON — Senior officials of the Philippines and the US recently concluded the 11th PH-US Bilateral Strategic Dialogue (BSD) held in Washington, D.C.</p><p>In a joint statement, the Philippine and US governments rededicated themselves to cooperation in several areas such as expanding their breadth of partnership, modernizing alliance cooperation, promoting an international law-based maritime order, advancing common prosperity, and strengthening multilateral cooperation.</p><p>The BSD serves &quot;as the main annual platform for two countries to discuss the full range of political, security, and economic cooperation&quot;, which was first held in 2011.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/21/philippines-us-launch-annual-joint-military-drills-724" id="isPasted" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">READ: Philippines, US launch annual joint military drills</a><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/4/22/china-warns-against-maritime-containment-1616" id="isPasted"></a><br/><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/4/22/china-warns-against-maritime-containment-1616" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">READ: China warns against maritime containment</a></div><p>The two countries called on China to &quot;comport its maritime claims in the South China Sea with the international law of the sea as reflected in the UNCLOS&quot; and to &quot;respect the Philippines&#x27; sovereign rights and jurisdiction&quot;.</p><p>Both the US and Philippine governments convened the 3rd Maritime Dialogue in September or October this year in Manila and build upon the outcomes of the countries&#x27; prior dialogues and meetings.</p><p>They also decided to &quot;deepen cooperation to strengthen efforts in addressing illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing&quot; and &quot;consider and develop procedures and protocols on cooperative maritime law enforcement operations, in accordance with international law and respective national laws&quot;.</p><p>In terms of security, the US and the Philippines committed to further defense and security cooperation by concluding the bilateral Philippines-Security Sector Assistance Roadmap, fully finalizing the addition of sites, and implementing the EDCA, including the US Department of Defense investment of USD$128 million for infrastructure in the President&#x27;s Fiscal Year 2025 budget, and prepositioning USAID disaster relief commodities for Philippine civilian disaster response authorities at key EDCA sites.</p><p>The BSD was held on April 22 to 23, just a few weeks after President Marcos attended the historic trilateral summit with the US and Japan in Washington, D.C.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/25/no-major-change-in-ph-us-relations-if-trump-wins-romualdez-841" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">No major change in PH-US relations if Trump wins: Romualdez</a></div>

<p>Senior officials of the Philippines and the US recently concluded the 11th PH-US Bilateral Strategic Dialogue (BSD) held in Washington, D.C.</p>

Senior officials of the Philippines and the US recently concluded the 11th PH-US Bilateral Strategic Dialogue (BSD) held in Washington, D.C.

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Published Apr 25, 2024 10:39 AM PHT

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Updated Apr 25, 2024 01:57 PM PHT

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