The United States and Philippines on Friday pledged to hold "2-plus-2" meetings of their top officials after a seven-year halt, underlining moves to restore ties strained by former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-U.S. stance. The two countries held a security dialogue on Friday and agreed to work towards resuming the talks between their diplomatic and defence chiefs, which a Philippine official said could be in the first half of the year, in Washington.
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