MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday mentioned it was eyeing to safe extra agreements with different nations to bolster its capabilities to guard the West Philippine Sea (WPS) in 2026.
“[A]around the world, there is a rise in several geopolitical actions. Naturally, that may additionally affect the West Philippine Sea,” AFP spokesperson for the WPS Rear Adm. Roy Vincent Trinidad mentioned in a press briefing in Camp Aguinaldo.
“For the yr 2026, the Division of [National] Protection and the AFP will proceed its sturdy strategy by means of protection diplomacy by means of modernization and capacity-building so as to permit us to have the ability to reply to… any problem within the West Philippine Sea,” he added.
READ: Filipinos belief US essentially the most to assist shield WPS pursuits, survey says
Trinidad cited that, prior to now yr, the Philippines has had “strategic” partnerships with america (US), Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Canada “with extra developing.”
On Monday, the Stratbase Institute mentioned a survey it commissioned confirmed that Filipinos trusted the US essentially the most relating to serving to shield the Philippines’ pursuits within the WPS, adopted by Japan, Canada, Australia and South Korea. /jpv
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