Defense Officer in Charge Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Friday that the Philippine government 'is aiming to achieve an optimal number and locations of the EDCA sites to maximize their coverage of the Philippine archipelago.'
Defense Officer in Charge Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Friday that the Philippine government 'is aiming to achieve an optimal number and locations of the EDCA sites to maximize their coverage of the Philippine archipelago.''We understand the apprehensions expressed by our local chief executives about EDCA and our bilateral exercises. However, we must consider the volatile situation in which we operate and not view our country in isolation,' said Galvez.
along with the Visiting Forces Agreement, operationalizes the 1951 Philippine-US Mutual Defense Treaty .The agreement will give US troops access to four more bases, with the aim of accelerating the full implementation of EDCA.
' he said.'As a nation, we renounce war as a foreign policy. However, we are committed to exhaust all available means and the resources available to us to defend our national interests.''Potential military target'International relations and law experts, however, warned of consequences with the expansion of EDCA which, although not publicly admitted they pointed out, was partly designed to counter Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea.Dr.
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