Bilateral meetings nina PBBM at Pres. Biden, plantsado na – Speaker Romualdez

Plantsado na ang nakatakdang one-on-one meeting ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. kay U.S. President Joe Biden sa White House sa Washington DC.

Ito ang inihayag ni House Speaker Martin Romualdez na naunang nagtungo sa Washington DC para ilatag ang mga groundwork ng meeting ng dalawang lider na nakatakda sa May 1.

Sinabi ni Romualdez na inihanda na niya ang security at economic agenda na pag-uusapan ng dalawang lider sa pamamagitan ng pakikipagpulong sa mga US security officials, US Legislators at US Businessmen.

“I think the conditions are right for the meeting between President Bongbong Marcos and President Joe Biden.

“We have high hopes for the exchange of ideas between the two leaders and its outcome,” sinabi ni Romualdez sa isang statement.

“Our meeting proved fruitful as the Philippine delegation managed to impress on Speaker McCarthy the need for the legislative representatives of the two countries to ramp up discussions on how to further boost US-Philippine relations,” dagdag pa ng House Speaker.

Ayon kay Romualdez sa gagawing makasaysayang pagbisita ni Pangulong Marcos Jr. sa Washington ay lalo pang patatatagin ang matagal ng pagkakaibigan ng Pilipinas at Amerika.

“Relations between our two countries remain strong.”

“Our security alliance under the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty is ironclad.”
Our economic partnership is robust and the friendship between our two peoples is solid,” diin pa ni Romualdez.

Ang sabi ni Speaker Romualdez na nakuha na rin niya ang suporta ng US congress sa pangunguna ni US House Speaker Kevin McArthy para pagtibayin ang anomang legislative agenda na makakatulong sa anomang security at economic agreement na mapagkakasunduan nina Pangulong Marcos Jr. at President Biden.

“We were thankful that Speaker McCarthy shared our ideals and agreed to continue similar discussions in the future,” dagdag pa ni Romualdez.

Vic Somintac