Philippines Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. greets U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as he arrives at the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs Home Office in Manila, Philippines, March 1, 2019. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS
MANILA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assured the Philippines on Friday it would come to its defence if it came under attack in the South China Sea, reaffirming a defence code that Manila's security chiefs have sought to revise.
Speaking during a stopover after a summit in Hanoi with North Korea, Pompeo said a 1951 Philippine-U.S. Mutual Defence Treaty would be adhered to if its ally was a victim of aggression, and singled out China as a threat to stability.
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