Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi also agree to further strengthen the countries' military ties.
In a virtual meeting, the defense chiefs of the Philippines and Japan expressed “grave concern” over the recent Chinese activities in the South and East China Sea, according to the Philippines’ defense department.
The two officials also shared the view that all concerned nations should exercise self-restraint in accordance with the principles of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea . The UNCLOS stated that all features located within the exclusive economic zone of a country, rightfully belong to that country.
Meanwhile, Lorenzana and Kishi agreed to strengthen the defense cooperation between the two countries by increasing the activities between the two countries’ military, the department said. In 2020, the defense department announced that it has signed a contract with Japan for an air surveillance radar system amounting to $103.5 million, according to a report of theThe air radar system will strengthen the military’s monitoring capacity in the West Philippine Sea.
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