Asia - Voice of America: Philippines Looks to US Treaty in China Dispute

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Philippines Looks to US Treaty in China Dispute May 23rd 2012, 11:35 SEOUL - A tense naval standoff stemming from competing territorial claims between China and the Philippines is throwing a spotlight on an obscure treaty between Manila and Washington. But contemporary political considerations may trump the decades-old agreement. The Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Philippines is being dusted off in both Washington and Manila by diplomats and politicians, many of whom were not even born when it was written in 1951. Officials are ... Media files: 5E3F4BED-1287-4369-A052-80AB29344980_cx0_cy17_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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