The Philippines and Australia plan to hold joint patrols in the South China Sea, a Canberra official said on Wednesday, amid China’s increasing aggression in the disputed waterway.
“We did talk today about the possibility of exploring joint patrols and we will continue that work and we hope that comes to fruition soon,” Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense chief Richard Marles told a news briefing in Manila with Philippine Defense Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr.
He said they agreed to continue working together to maintain a “free, open and secure” Indo-Pacific Region. Mr. Galvez said both the Philippines and Australia recognize the importance of collaboration between like-minded security partners to ensure nations “could freely exercise their sovereign rights” in the region while “pursuing stability and prosperity.”
“We are seeing growth in the complexity of the exercises that we are doing,” he said. “Indio-Pacific endeavor is another exercise that Australia pursues. It has a heavy naval component to it. The Philippines would be very central in the Indo-Pacific endeavor this year.”‘SHARED SECURITY’
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