SAN ANTONIO: Australian and Filipino troops held exercises on Friday (Aug 25) near flashpoint South China Sea waters claimed by China, with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos hailing them as an 'extremely important' example of close cooperation. China deploys hundreds of coast guard, navy and other vess
SAN ANTONIO: Australian and Filipino troops held exercises on Friday near flashpoint South China Sea waters claimed by China, with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos hailing them as an"extremely important" example of close cooperation.
"Considering that there have been so many events that attest to the volatility of the region, this kind of exercise, this kind of close strategic cooperation between countries around the region is extremely important," Marcos told reporters. About 1,200 Australian soldiers and 560 Filipino marines stormed a beach during the exercise, arriving in amphibious assault vehicles, by parachute and aboard US Osprey aircraft.
"Peace is maintained through the protection of the global rules-based order," he said, warning that order was now"under pressure".Marles and his Filipino counterpart Gilberto Teodoro also issued a joint statement on Friday indicating their intent to plan"bilateral joint patrols in the South China Sea... and other areas of mutual interest".
The Philippine Navy deliberately grounded a World War II-era vessel on the shoal and set up a tiny garrison in 1999 to check China's advance in the area.
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