THE Philippines and United States are set to finalize a new defense agreement that could allow both militaries to share top-secret intelligence and for the US to export defense equipment and share defense technology data to the Philippines. According to a statement released from Washington D.C.
From left: PH Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez, US Ambassador MaryKay Carlson, PH Undersecretary for Bilateral Relations and ASEAN Affairs Ma. Theresa Lazaro, US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink pose after the Bilateral Strategic Security Dialogue in US | Photo courtesy US Embassy in Manila
GSOMIA allows both countries to share confidential information. It is also required under the US law for the Philippines to be a signatory to GSOMIA before it can receive any defense-related equipment or technology transfer. This annual Bilateral Strategic Security Dialogue came two weeks after US President Biden and Philippine President Marcos Jr. met in Washington D.C., and had another trilateral summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.· Conclude the bilateral Philippines – Security Sector Assistance Roadmap ;
· Expand multilateral cooperation with like-minded countries, including through maritime cooperative activities, bilateral and multilateral exercises, and security cooperation coordination.· Convene the inaugural joint committee meeting under the US-Philippines Science and Technology Agreement;
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