IN PHOTOS: PH, US, French navies hold maritime drills during Balikatan 2024

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France's Vendémiaire joins the Philippines and the US in this year's maritime drills

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Navy ships of the three nations met in waters off the coast of Palawan on Friday, April 25, to hold several activities at sea. From Palawan, the four vessels will eventually sail “within the bounds of the Philippine exclusive economic zone,” according to the Armed Forces of the Philippines.and French frigate Vendémiaire will be spending five days at sea for communications exercises, cross-deck landing, division tactics, photo exercise, and maritime search and rescue drills.

China claims almost all of the South China Sea, ignoring the 2016 Arbitral Award which foreign governments, including the US and France, have previously said should be followed.

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