From the Philippine News Agency (Oct 17): Aquino says PHL is offering
Australia a strategic partnership
The Philippines is offering Australia a strategic partnership similar to the
country’s arrangement with the United States and Japan, President Benigno S.
Aquino III said Wednesday.
“We only have two strategic partnerships -- one with the United States of
America and the other with Japan. We're offering the third to Australia and they
are presently studying it,” the President said during the annual forum with the
Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) in Manila.
But even without a strategic tie-up, the President said Australia has been
assisting the Philippines with the Coast Watch System that provides trainings to
Filipino soldiers conducted by the Australian military security forces.
The system also provides scholarships for the Philippine military personnel.
Australian experts also meet with various institutions in the country, he added.
According to the President, the Philippine-Australia partnership is important
because both countries share the same values, form of government as well as
regional and global challenges....
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&sid=&nid=&rid=463467
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