MANILA - The Philippines and Australia will pursue stronger collaboration in the fields of defense and logistics. This, as the Department of National Defense (DND) hosted the 21st Philippines-Australia Defense Cooperation Working Group (DCWG) from June 15 to 17 in Makati City. In a statement Wednesday, DND spokesperson Arsenio Andolong said the event is the first in-person bilateral dialogue hosted by the agency since the coronavirus pandemic started in 2020. "A reception was held on June 15, 2022 to kickstart the activity, followed by the Inaugural Logistics Working Group (LWG) Meeting between the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics (OJ4), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Joint Logistics Command (JLC), Australian Defence Force (ADF) on June 16, 2022, where they discussed the implementation of the Philippines-Australia Arrangement on the Provision of Mutual Logistic Support (MLSA) following its signing in 2021," he added. Both the Philippine and Austral
The Philippines and Australia have established a more robust relationship in terms of defense and logistics, the Department of National Defense (DND) said Wednesday, June 22.
Department of National Defense Spokesperson Arsenio Andolong (File photo) Such endeavour was achieved as the DND hosted t
QUEZON CITY, Feb. 26 Philippine Defense Assistant Secretary for Strategic Assessments and International Affairs Teodoro Cirilo T. Torralba III and Australia’s First Assistant Secretary for International Policy (FASIP) Hugh Jeffrey co-chaired the 19th Philippines-Australia Joint Defense Cooperation Committee (JDCC) Meeting via video teleconference on 23 February 2021.
Held annually as a policy dialogue platform between the defense establishments of the Philippines and Australia, the JDCC facilitated exchanges of views on the regional security situation to include the developments in the South China Sea/West Philippine Sea and the threat posed by terrorism. Both countries agreed that the Indo-Pacific region must go beyond major power competition and should be inclusive and rules-based in which countries, such as the Philippines and Australia, play a role in shaping the region.
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