The Philippine government must enter into a Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with other nations, as it has with the United States, to pave way for defense and security cooperation, a Mindanao lawmaker said on Wednesday, Feb. 15.
The Philippine government must enter into a Visiting Forces Agreement with other nations, as it has with the United States, to pave way for defense and security cooperation, a Mindanao lawmaker said on Wednesday, Feb. 15.Cagayan de Oro City 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez said President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. must consider talks of having VFAs with Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Korea apart from Japan.
PCG’s BRP Malapascua was headed to Ayungin Shoal in the disputed South China Sea to assist a Navy ship for a resupply mission last week. “How can we intrude into our own territory? How about China heeding our incessant appeals for them to respect our territorial rights and interests and stop harassing and bullying our Coast Guard and Navy personnel and our fishermen?” he asked.
“How long our patriotic people, with their sense of national pride, could bear such harassment and bullying, I don’t know, but at some point, it has to stop. Enough is enough,” he said.
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