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The Philippines and Japan have laid out plans in enforcing the historic Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) that the two countries signed last July after years of discussions.
The RAA is a visiting forces of agreement that allows greater military cooperation amid increasing security tensions in the Southeast Asian region.
According to the Japanese embassy in Manila, President Marcos and newly elected Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba held informal talks on Thursday on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in Laos.
The embassy said Marcos congratulated Ishiba for his recent inauguration.
“President Marcos also expressed that he was delighted to see the strengthening of bilateral relations between Japan and the Philippines as well as the progress in Japan-United States-Philippines cooperation, and that he would like to further enhance cooperation with Prime Minister Ishiba,” the embassy said in a statement.
