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Legarda and Gardner: Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Philippine Senate’s Committees on Foreign Relations, Finance and Climate Change, meets with Republican Senator Cory Gardner, who heads the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, The Pacific, and International Cyber-Security Policy in the US Senate, at the sidelines of the 2018 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C. The two senators discussed cooperation on the rehabilitation of Marawi City and on renewable energy development. They also exchanged views on the South China Sea and on counter-terrorism, stressing that the sharing of intelligence information is vital in addressing a global concern such as terrorism. Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez was also present at the meeting.