If granted, the amount would be more than double the roughly $40 million in foreign military financing the Philippines received in 2022.
MANILA, Philippines – United States Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson said on Monday, October 17, that the State Department has proposed allocating $100 million in foreign military financing for the Philippines as part of efforts to boost the Southeast Asian country’s defense modernization efforts.
“The US State Department has now notified the Congress of its intent to make available to the Philippines $100 million in foreign military financing to be used for defense militarization…in conjunction with the ongoing consultations that we have discussed between our militaries throughout the year,” she said.
The US envoy added that additional funding from Washington could also be used to offset the helicopter purchase that did not push through, but that it “would not dictate the modernization efforts within the Department of National Defense.”‘New energy’
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