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Manila, Philippines—The Philippines and Vietnam coast guards will hold joint exercises this week, Manila said Monday, in the first such drills between the countries in dispute with Beijing in the South China Sea.
Vietnam’s 91-meter CSB 8002 ship will conduct the maneuvers with a Filipino coast guard ship near Manila Bay on Friday, at the end of a five-day visit, Philippine coast guard spokesman Armando Balilo said during an arrival ceremony for the visiting vessel. The coast guard said the Philippines’ 83-meter BRP Gabriela Silang will take part in the joint exercises.Chinese and Philippine ships have clashed in the crucial waterway—through which trillions of dollars of trade passes annually—with escalating confrontations fueling fears of a conflict that could drag in the United States, a Manila ally.
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