The two nations seek to counter China’s growing regional influence.
Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese met Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr sign a Memorandum of Understanding in Manila.
Albanese’s visit, which marks the first bilateral talks with an Australian prime minister in Manila in 20 years, follows a series of trips by senior members of his government to the archipelago nation since Marcos took office in 2022. China’s growing assertiveness on Taiwan and the militarisation of artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea have spurred Canberra, as well as Washington, to deepen defence cooperation with longstanding ally Manila.
Albanese described the two countries as “great friends” and expressed hope that his visit would help take the relationship “to an even higher level”. Those exercises came after a Philippine resupply mission to Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands was blocked by China Coast Guard vessels using water cannon on August 5, triggering a diplomatic spat and international outrage.
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