The United States will put up and occupy more sites in strategic locations across the Philippines for American forces as Washington pursues its China containment while ensuring a quick response to help Taiwan if it is attacked by Beijing.
THE United States will put up and occupy more sites in strategic locations across the Philippines for American forces as Washington pursues its China containment while ensuring a quick response to help Taiwan if it is attacked by Beijing, according to projections by some experts.
The US and the Philippines originally allotted five sites for EDCA, but recently expanded this with the identification of four more agreed locations, two of them inside two sites in the province of Cagayan, where officials led by its Governor, Manuel Mamba, object. “EDCA sites will allow American forces to crisscross the Philippines,” Tuazon said, adding that with a good number of US troops in the country, it will “complete” America’s containment of China.
Professor Renato de Castro of the Dela Salle University also defended EDCA and the country’s military cooperation and activities with the US. During the UP forum, Baculinao said there are prevailing thoughts in China that the US is using the Philippines to “encircle” Beijing and there were concerns that Manila would be drawn into the “Taiwan conflict.”
Baja said the implementation and expansion of EDCA is significant, especially for the Philippines as it will accord security not only for Manila but the whole region.
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