The first bilateral maritime exercise is held in Palawan as security officials sound the alarm over Chinese activity further up north in Zambales
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MANILA, Philippines – The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the United States Indo-Pacific Command held joint drills in the West Philippine Sea off the coast of Palawan from January 17 to 18, as Philippine security officials continue to raise the alarm over Chinese maritime activity further up north off the coast of Zambales.
Military exercises in the West Philippine have increased — and become more prominent — under the Marcos administration, with it policy to be more assertive in upholding the Philippines’ sovereign rights and sovereignty claims in those waters. Occasionally, these drills takes place amid reports of another Chinese incursion in the Philippine EEZ.
Drills are important to make sure that militaries from different countries are used to working each other in different scenarios.
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