The Philippine President hopes to continue the strong alliance with Washington

Manila – AFP Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos hopes that Manila and Washington will maintain the “strong and dynamic” relationship between them during the era of the next US administration, according to what was stated in a statement from the presidential palace on Wednesday, less than a week before the inauguration of Donald Trump. The United States has a decades-long security alliance with the Philippines that includes a mutual defense treaty, and a 2014 agreement that allows the US military to store equipment at nine Philippine bases. With President-elect Trump assuming power on January 20, many in the Philippines are concerned about the future of the relationship between Manila and Washington. But Marcos “expressed his optimism about maintaining a strong and dynamic relationship” between…