Biden to host Marcos Jr. and Kishida for trilateral summit

US President Joe Biden will host Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio at the White House on April 11 for the first trilateral summit.

The summit aims to reaffirm the "ironclad alliances" between the United States and both the Philippines and Japan and will usher "a new horizon of cooperation."

Senior diplomats from the three nations are currently meeting in Tokyo to discuss the agenda and strengthen defense and economic ties.

The leaders are expected to discuss advancing a trilateral partnership, pushing forward economic growth, clean energy, climate cooperation, and peace and security in the Indo-Pacific.

Marcos and Biden will also hold a separate meeting to review US-Philippines relations and discuss expanding cooperation on economic security, clean energy, people-to-people ties, and human rights and democracy.