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The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said that it is closely monitoring People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels within the vicinity where its joint maritime exercise with Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States was conducted.
Despite this, AFP spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla said on Sunday that the Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MMCA) “proceeded as planned without any interference, and the safety of participating countries’ vessels was ensured by the protocols in place.
