00:00Defense Secretary Guilbault Teodoro and the new U.S. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz
00:07met in the White House.
00:08The meeting took place two days after U.S. President Donald Trump took office.
00:15Teodoro welcomed the Philippines because of the successful transition of the leader
00:22and the importance of peace and mutual interest in the region.
00:27Waltz appreciated the importance of the stronger cooperation of the Philippines
00:33and he hoped that the security activities between the two countries
00:39will increase as a support to the free Indo-Pacific under the Trump administration.
00:44Aside from Waltz, Teodoro also talked to other new U.S. officials.