‘US not escorting trips to Ayungin’

MANILA, Philippines —

While tensions in the South China Sea are on the agenda, Malaya ruled out the possibility of the Philippines seeking or accepting US escorts for Philippine missions to Ayungin despite constant Chinese harassment. “We will have some adjustments in our resupply missions,” Malaya said, adding that the NSC has submitted recommendations for tweaking the missions.

Officials have said the trilateral meeting in Washington aims to ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region and will tackle tensions in the SCS and the Taiwan Strait as well as the war in Ukraine. “I think we can expect a discussion on the recent incidents ,” Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Hans Mohaimin Siriban told reporters at a briefing at Malacañang.

“We are still developing the mechanisms to cooperate on a trilateral basis but I think this trilateral cooperation should be seen as something that will help additional efforts in the region, especially this trilateral cooperation supports existing mechanisms like ASEAN and the ASEAN outlook on the Indo-Pacific,” he said when asked whether the meeting would lead to formalization of such an alliance.

Siriban stressed the three leaders are expected to discuss their common vision for the Indo-Pacific region, as well as explore opportunities for enhancing trilateral cooperation across various areas of mutual interest, including inclusive economic growth.

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