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The Philippines, together with the United States and Japan, vowed to further enhance the trilateral cooperation on defense and security capabilities in the coming months following China’s recent actions in the West Philippine Sea.
This agreement was reached during a trilateral phone call held Wednesday by National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Año along with his US and Japan counterparts, NSA Jake Sullivan and NSA Akiba Takeo, respectively.
“The three NSAs also discussed trilateral efforts to enhance cooperation on: maritime security through conduct of joint patrols and capacity-building on maritime domain awareness, among others; humanitarian assistance and disaster relief; cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection; and economic security,” the National Security Council’s readout said on Thursday.
