The two countries are seeking to repair ties that were fractured in recent years. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MANILA - The United States and the Philippines agreed to a deal on Thursday that will give US troops access to four more military bases in the South-east Asian nation.
Given its proximity to Taiwan and its surrounding waters, the Philippines’ cooperation would be key in the event of a conflict with China.“There’s been an agreement to designate four new additional sites,” a Philippine official told AFP earlier.The two countries have a decades-old security alliance that includes a mutual defence treaty and the EDCA pact.It also allows for the US military to store defence equipment and supplies on those bases.
Under the EDCA expansion, the United States will have access to at least nine military bases across the archipelago. A senior US defence official told reporters on Wednesday that the Philippines was under “day-to-day pressure from in ways that contravene international law”.
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