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09-03-2024, 09:14 AM
The Philippines is setting into motion a defense strategy focused on securing and protecting the country’s territorial waters, including marine resources, Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. said yesterday.
His directive to the AFP came in the wake of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ordering his country’s armed forces “to coordinate preparations for military conflicts at sea, protect the country’s maritime rights and interests and the development of the maritime economy.”
Australia, meanwhile, has committed to continue helping the AFP boost its external defense capabilities.
The Department of Transportation, which has jurisdiction over the PCG, and the US Trade and Development Agency signed on March 1 an agreement on a feasibility study “to assess the viability of expanding the PCG’s vessel traffic management system” through a P55-million grant, according to a statement from the US embassy.
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/...tionalized
His directive to the AFP came in the wake of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ordering his country’s armed forces “to coordinate preparations for military conflicts at sea, protect the country’s maritime rights and interests and the development of the maritime economy.”
Australia, meanwhile, has committed to continue helping the AFP boost its external defense capabilities.
The Department of Transportation, which has jurisdiction over the PCG, and the US Trade and Development Agency signed on March 1 an agreement on a feasibility study “to assess the viability of expanding the PCG’s vessel traffic management system” through a P55-million grant, according to a statement from the US embassy.
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/...tionalized
