PBBM, Trump discuss security, economic issues in phone conversation

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. had a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump and they discussed the current global, economic and security situation, the Presidential Communications Office said on Thursday.

In a statement, the PCO said the phone conversation was an offshoot of the meeting between President Marcos and US State Secretary Marco Rubio in Malacañang on Wednesday.

“The President updated Secretary Rubio on the recent incidents in the South China Sea,” the PCO statement read.

The statement further added that “President Trump assured President Marcos that he will take up the concerns of the Philippines in his next meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.”