MANY, we ourselves included, will be keenly reading the body language and statements when US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will visit Manila on March
28-29, on the first stop of a regional tour that will also take him to Hawaii, Guam, and Japan.
The two-day visit comes as the US and Philippine militaries prepare for the Balikatan military exercises, held in the Philippines from April 21 to May 9, with 10,000 US troops participating in the drills which, in 2025, mark their 40th anniversary, alongside 6,000 service members from the Philippines, Australia and Japan.
The Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Philippines recognizes that an attack in the Pacific on either would endanger the peace of both and both agree to act in concert to meet the common danger.
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