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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 24) – The Philippines, the United States, and Japan discussed possible activities to strengthen their trilateral cooperation amid rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific region.
MANILA, Philippines — The command ship of the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet based in Japan is in Manila for a port visit.
MANILA, Philippines — Renewing their demand for China to stop its militarization of the South China Sea (SCS), leaders of some of the most powerful democracies in the world collectively known as the Group of Seven (G7) have reiterated their support for the Philippines amid growing tensions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
PRESIDENT Marcos Jr. yesterday discussed with New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Winston Peters geopolitical issues affecting the Indo-Pacific region, and strengthening cooperation between Manila and Wellington in the areas of agriculture, trade, and investment.
FOREIGN Affairs ministers of the Philippines and New Zealand have affirmed that respect for international law is vital in ensuring maritime security, peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.
MANILA, Philippines — Exploring ways to deepen relations and cooperation, Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. welcomed Sweden’s Defense Minister Pål Jonson to the Philippines yesterday, marking the first time that a Swedish defense chief visited Manila.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in the Philippines on Monday in a rare Asian trip to urge regional leaders to attend a Swiss-organized global peace summit on the war in Ukraine that he accuses Russia, with China’s help, of trying to undermine.
SINGAPORE – Emphasizing his administration’s adherence to rules-based order, President Marcos told Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonyte of the challenges the Philippines has to tackle, with help from other countries but without being subservient to any of them.
BEIJING/MANILA: China's defence ministry on Thursday strongly condemned the deployment of a U.S. intermediate range missile system in the northern Philippines during military drills in April, saying it "brought huge risks of war into the region".Defence Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian told a press briefing in Beijing that China remained highly vigilant and opposed the deployment, the first in the Indo-Pacific region."The United States and Philippine practices put the entire region under the fire of the United States (and) brought huge risks of war into the region," Wu said, adding it "seriously undermined" regional peace."Intermediate-range missiles are strategic and offensive weapons with a strong Cold War colour," Wu said.