PH, US talk maritime defense & China

The Philippines and US held high-level diplomatic talks in Washington, DC on Monday.  The US says it would help build Philippine’s maritime forces and will add a ship to its forces.  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says her country’s committed to its mutual defense treaty with the Philippines but reiterated support for a diplomatic solution to the competing claims – and renewed tensions – between the Philippines and China over a shoal in the South China Sea.  She says the US will not take sides in this conflict.

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