(UPDATE) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the Philippines' security cooperation with the US and Japan was "proceeding very well" — a trilateral partnership aimed at ensuring peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, including the disputed South China Sea.

The President issued the statement during the farewell call of outgoing Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuhiko Koshikawa in Malacañang on Friday.

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