00:00Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo spoke to U.S. State Secretary Marco Rubio.
00:06In his post on his ex-account, Secretary Manalo said that
00:10the importance of the alliance between the Philippines and the U.S.
00:17for the prosperity and security in the Indo-Pacific
00:20as well as the strong bilateral political, economic, and people-to-people cooperation of the two countries.
00:27Secretary Manalo hopes that with the help of U.S. State Secretary Rubio,
00:33the different challenges will be addressed and the momentum of the positive alliance between the Philippines and the U.S. will be maintained.
