BREAKING NEWS PHILIPPINES BLOCK’S MORE U.S. BASES
April 16, 2024Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has firmly ruled out the possibility of the U.S. gaining access to more Philippine military bases in the Southeast Asian country, putting a cap on the current total number of nine sites.
This announcement comes just days after a landmark trilateral summit that saw the US, Japan and the Philippines signalling plans for closer defence cooperation.
President Marcos Jr. told foreign correspondents in Manila that the country’s decision last year to increase the number of sites agreed upon under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement or EDCA was a response to aggressive actions by China in the South China Sea.
China has accused the Philippines of triggering confrontations by encroaching into what China asserts as its territorial waters. The deepening dispute between China and the Philippines has created issues for the Philippines’ exploration of oil and gas in the region, despite an agreement between the two nations to restart discussions on joint exploration.
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