We are obviously very close, having been hosted for many years in Japan and in the Republic of the Philippines.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing with Ben Rhodes and Admiral Robert Willard
These doubts were proven wrong nearly six decades ago, when the Republic of the Philippines became the first democratic nation in Asia.
"The next president of the Republic of the Philippines, Joseph 'Erap' Estrada!"
And in the case of the Republic of the Philippines and Thailand, very old relationships, strong mil-to-mil relationships that continue to evolve and we hope advance.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing with Ben Rhodes and Admiral Robert Willard
We have five treaty allies in the Asia Pacific, including Japan, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, and our Australia friends.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing with Ben Rhodes and Admiral Robert Willard
With the participation of the United States and Russia for the first time in 2011, the EAS now includes all the major regional powers, including U.S. treaty allies Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, Thailand, and the Philippines, as well as India and China.
The island republic now openly allows in hundreds of sex workers in from the Philippines, Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand.
They include Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Switzerland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, and Vietnam.
The Philippines is gearing up for the centennial celebrations in 1998 of the founding of the republic.
But the pull-out of Spain, Honduras and the Dominican Republic, combined with wavering comments from Poland, Thailand, Kazakhstan and the Philippines, suggest this may not be enough.
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