From the Philippine News Agency (Apr 15):
China's decision to join 'Balikatan
2013' a good sign
The decision of China
to join nine other nations in the Monday humanitarian assistance/disaster
relief (HA/DR) roundtable activity of "Balikatan 2013" is a good
sign.
"This is a good development and we are happy that China is here
so that they could participate and we could have more discussions on how to
appropriately address disasters especially maritime ones," Philippine
spokesperson for "Balikatan 2013" Major Emmanuel Garcia said.
He added that
China's
participation is very important as the disaster scenario involves typhoons and
maritime mishaps in the high seas.
"That’s why we need the cooperation and coordination with other
countries, because if a maritime disaster happens on international waters, the
nearest that place must respond and give assistance," Garcia stressed.
Ten nations including
Australia,
China,
Indonesia,
Japan,
Malaysia,
New Zealand,
Thailand,
South Korea,
Vietnam, and
United States of America have
participated in the above-mentioned event.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&sid=&nid=&rid=516525
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