Japanese Defense Minister General Nakani said on Monday that Japan and the Philippines on Monday agreed to deepen the defense relations in front of the “rapidly serious” security environment in the Indo-Pacific region.
Nakatani met his Philippine counterpart Gilberto Taodoro for a meeting in Manila for a meeting, including both the ministers, which included the sea conditions in the seas of East and South China.
Nakatni said through a translator, “The security environment around America is useless and that it is necessary for the two countries as strategic partners that they are required to maintain defense cooperation and cooperation to maintain peace and stability in India-Pacific Increase. “
Nakatni said the Philippines and Japan have agreed to deepen cooperation on military exchange, establishing a high-level strategic dialogue between their military and intensive information sharing.
Security relations between the two US colleagues have shared common concerns over China’s rapid action in the region over the last two years.
Last year, Manila and Tokyo signed Landmark military treaty Permission to deploy your forces on each other’s soil.
Japan and China Facked again and again The uninhabited Japanese administrators call Tokyo Senaku and Beijing as Diyu around the islands.
Philippines and China are therefore Frequent collision Disputed shawls in the South China Sea fall inside the exclusive economic zone of Manila around Atol.
Nakatni visited military bases in the northern Philippines on Sunday, including a naval station, which has a coastal radar that Japan donated as its $ 4 million share. Safety aid In 2023.
Manila was one of the first recipients of Tokyo’s official security aid, A Program aimed at helping to promote the program The capabilities of the partner countries.
In December, both countries signed A second security deal In which Japan agreed to provide the Philippine Navy Rigid Hulls Hallenable Boats (RHIB) and additional coastal radar system.
