Gist of US-Japan-Philippines summit

The leaders of the United States, Japan and the Philippines hold a trilateral summit at the White House in Washington on April 11, 2024.

The following is the gist of the first-ever trilateral summit between the United States, Japan and the Philippines, held Thursday in Washington.

U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. agree:

— China’s aggressive actions in the South China Sea cause “serious concerns.”

— to work on Philippine defence modernization priorities.

— to continue naval and coast guard exercises.

— to begin trilateral maritime dialogue.

— to launch a trilateral disaster response exercise.

— to develop an economic corridor on the most populous Philippine island of Luzon.

— to collaborate on infrastructure building in the Philippines.

— to improve Philippines’ clean energy capacity.