THE Philippines and Vietnam are looking to enhance the interoperability of their militaries aside from beefing up their maritime capabilities following the first time meeting of their defense ministers last November 16. This took place on the sidelines of the 10th Asean Defense Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM)-Plus in Jakarta, Indonesia. “Department…
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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.