Biden sourcing $128m for EDCA projects in PH

GUN DEMO. In this photo from the US Navy’s 7th Fleet, sailors participate in a gun demonstration aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins while operating in the Philippine Sea over the weekend. USN Photo via X/TwitterUS President Joe Biden is sourcing $128 million to execute projects for Enhance Defense Cooperation Agreement sites in the Philippines, Malacañang disclosed late Saturday.

The US defense chief said both countries invested significant time and resources to address shared security challenges. In 2016, the Philippines and the US agreed on five initial sites on which both sides will construct facilities and preposition equipment. In September 2023, Filipino and American troops mounted “high-level” exchanges and expanded projects under the EDCA.

“The meeting is the culminating activity of the PH-US planning cycle that assessed previous activities and set out over 500 bilateral engagements for 2024 to include exercises and high-level exchanges,” the statement read. Aside from this, Brawner and Aquilino reaffirmed the two nations’ commitment to the Mutual Defense Treaty and stressed the importance of a “free and open” Indo-Pacific region aligned on a rules-based international order. Vince Lopez

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