Duterte, US Defense chief to meet in Malacañang

By Prince Golez

President Rodrigo Duterte will meet with United States (US) Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III in Malacañang Thursday night.

Malacañang in a statement said Austin will pay a courtesy call on Duterte upon his arrival in the Philippines.

“President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is scheduled to receive United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III in a courtesy call in Malacañang on 29 July 2021,” it said.

Austin is on an official visit to Southeast Asia that includes stops in Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines.

“His visit to the Philippines highlights the 75th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Philippines and the United States and 70th Anniversary of the signing of the PH-US Mutual Defense Treaty,” the statement read.

Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez, and Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs Robert Borje are expected to attend the courtesy call.

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