The two countries expressed their intent during Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s official visit to the Philippines.
MANILA —The Philippines and Japan agreed on Friday to start the negotiation for the Reciprocal Access Agreement , similar to the country’s Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States. “The decision was made to start negotiation on the reciprocal access agreement or RAA and agreed to further strengthen the trilateral cooperation among Japan, United States and the Philippines,” Kishida said during the joint statement of the two leaders at the Malacanang Palace.
For his part, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. echoed the commitment to work on the framework for the RAA. Aside from the United States, the Philippines also has a Status of Visiting Forces Agreement with Australia. Further, the two leaders also reaffirmed their commitment to the freedom of navigation and overflight in the East and South China Seas and stressed the need for adherence to a “rules-based approach in resolving competing claims in maritime areas.”
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