While Defense Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. has yet to divulge the exact location of the four new EDCA sites, military officials have previously identified Zambales, Cagayan, Isabela, and Palawan as possible areas. | zacariansINQ
While Defense Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. has yet to divulge the exact location of the four new EDCA sites, military officials have previously identified Zambales, Cagayan, Isabela, and Palawan as possible areas.
“If the new sites are located in Cagayan and Isabela, which are close to Taiwan, does the U.S. really intend to help the Philippines in disaster relief with these EDCA sites? And is it really in the national interest of the Philippines to get dragged by the US to interfere in the Taiwan question?” the embassy said.
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