Philippine Coast Guard personnel in a drill (Reuters file)
The Philippine and China coast guards met recently in Subic Bay to discuss maritime cooperation under a memorandum of understanding signed by the two countries during President Rodrigo Duterte’s state visit last October.
Transportation Undersecretary for the maritime sector Felipe Judan, who delivered the keynote address for the February 20 to 22 Second Organizational Meeting and Inaugural Meeting of the Joint Coast Guard Committee, stressed the importance of mutual understanding, cooperation and friendship between the two services in strengthening bilateral ties.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said “both sides recognized the significance of coast guard diplomacy” and agreed to cooperate in “preventing and combating drug trafficking and other transnational crimes, search and rescue, environment protection and emergency response through, among other modalities, information exchange, and pragmatic empowerment activities unique for coast guards and enforcement agencies.”
They also established a hotline mechanism to facilitate communications in identified areas and agreed to conduct bilateral exchange activities within the year, “including high-level visits, maritime operations and related exercises, vessel visits and capacity building.”
http://interaksyon.com/article/137344/ph-china-coast-guards-discuss-cooperation---dfa
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