MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday met with United States Indo-Pacific Command Commander Admiral Samuel Paparo amid escalating maritime confrontations between Beijing and Manila in the disputed South China Sea.

Paparo, who is in Manila to attend an international military conference organized by the US Indo-Pacific Command, paid a courtesy call on Marcos in Malacañang.

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