What have the United States and the Philippines agreed?
The Philippines this week granted the United States greater access to its military bases, amid mounting concern over China’s intentionsHere are answers to some questions about the U.S.-Philippines relationship:to four more locations under the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement , which allows for joint training, pre-positioning of equipment and the building of facilities such as runways, fuel storage and military housing, but not a permanent presence.
Southeast Asia Expert Gregory Poling at Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies said the sites would be in “strategic areas” and likely include navy and perhaps Marine Corps facilities.the new Philippine Navy facility at the former Hanjin Shipyard in Subic BayWhy is the Philippines so important to the United States?
The Philippines is a former U.S. colony and became a U.S. treaty ally in 1951, five years after independence. During the Cold War, it hosted some of America’s largest overseas bases, facilities vital to the wars in Korea and Vietnam. Philippine nationalism forced Washington to vacate those in the 1990s, butOf the five U.S.
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