Marcos: Death of PH serviceman from foreign attack triggers defense treaty with US

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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says a Filipino serviceman’s death in an attack by a foreign power would trigger the Philippines’ Mutual Defense Treaty with the United States.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/marcos-death-filipino-serviceman-foreign-attack-triggers-mutual-defense-treaty-united-states/

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00:00 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says a Filipino serviceman's death in an attack by a foreign power

00:06 would trigger the Philippines' mutual defense treaty with the United States.

00:10 I think Secretary Austin explained it very well.

00:13 If any Filipino serviceman is killed by an attack from any foreign power,

00:19 then that is time to invoke the mutual defense treaty.

00:22 Philippine and U.S. officials have long been pressed on the specifics of the mutual defense treaty,

00:27 which was signed in 1951.

00:29 American officials previously refused to go into specifics,

00:32 only reaffirming that the treaty extends to both countries' armed forces,

00:37 public vessels, and aircraft anywhere in the Pacific, including the South China Sea.

00:41 In March, several soldiers were injured and a resupply vessel was damaged in the Iungin Shoal

00:46 because of China's water cannons.

00:48 Marcos insisted then such actions by China would not invoke the MDT.

00:52 (upbeat music)

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