U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Southeast Asia later this month, the Pentagon said, a trip that will include stops in the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam, according to the U.S. embassy in Hanoi. “Secretary Austin’s visit will demonstrate the importance the Biden-Harris...
QUEZON CITY, Philippines - The Secretary of Defense of the Philippines said the military is doing all it can to prevent more undocumented Filipinos it Mindanao from slipping into Sabah state, but said the Sultan of Sulu might have enough reason to believe in the legitimacy of his claim to ...
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9 (Xinhua) -- Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Monday the cooperation with Russia being sought by the Philippine government is not in the level of the Mutual Defense Treaty with the United States. Interviewed in Camp Aguinaldo, the Philippine military headquarter, Lorenzana said ...
BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua) -- China on Friday said words by the Philippine Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana were groundless conjecture and urged him to do more to contribute to mutual trust. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang made the remarks at a daily press conference when responding to...
Defense ministers for the Philippines and France vowed Saturday to pursue an agreement that would allow them to deploy troops to each other's territories, the latest such deal sought by the archipelagic nation located in the strategic South China Sea.
Taguig City – Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr. and French Minister for the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu met today, during the landmark visit to the Philippines by a French Defense Minister.
TOKYO (AP) — The leaders of Japan and the Philippines agreed Thursday to sharply boost their defense ties, allowing Japanese troops greater access to Philippine territory, as tensions rise in Asia amid China’s growing influence.
Dong accused the Philippines of deliberately provoking China, “emboldened by outside powers.” “China has recognized great restraint in the face of such infringements and provocations,” he said. “But there is a limit to our restraint.” U.S. Defense Se...
Co-chaired by Philippine Defense Undersecretary Ricardo David and General Neang Phat, Secretary of State of the Ministry of National Defense of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the conference was an offshoot of the 2017 memorandum of understanding (MoU) on defense cooperation between the Philippines and Ca...