French Ambassador Marie Fontanel held a series of meetings with top Philippine military and coast guard officials from November 7 to 10 to affirm the longstanding partnership between France and the Philippines.
France has expressed its commitment to preserve the rule of law, the freedom of navigation and overflight and other multilateral orders as it sees the need to strengthen the sovereignty of its international partners in the Indo-Pacific region, including the Philippines.
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The Philippine military's dream of having its own submarines could be provided by France as the two countries move to further expand their defense cooperation to mark their 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations.
Prof. Victor Andres “Dindo” Manhit, founder and managing director of Stratbase Grou