CAMP GEN EMILIO AGUINALDO, Quezon City (DWDD) – Philippine and United States officials will be meeting next week to discuss important defense issues/topics.
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and Foreign Affairs Sec. Albert del Rosario will be flying to Washington in the weekend to meet with their counterparts next Tuesday and discuss defense cooperation.
Although Gazmin made it clear that the meet is to discuss preparing defenses for the Philippines, and it’s not directed at any country in particular, specially, the status of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between Manila and Washington, which is still awaiting a final decision by the Supreme Court (SC).
In regards China’s test landing landing in Kagitingan (Fiery Cross) Reef, Gazmin described it as “aggressive”.
It can be recalled that tensions run high last week when China confirmed that a test flight by a civilian plane landed on a newly-built airfield on Kagitingan (Fiery Cross) Reef, which the Chinese call Yongshu Jiao.
The move shows that China continues construction activities after turning the reefs into artificial islands for possibly military purposes amid calls by the international community to halt such aggression in the disputed territories.
China’s increasing military presence in the WPS is being feared by many as the next step towards declaring a Beijing-controlled air defense zone. AES / MCAG
http://dwdd.com.ph/2015/defense-issues-phl-us-2-on-2meeting/
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