The Defense official also stressed that the joint activities between the Philippines and the US are “intended to enhance the partnership” of the two countries. “These are not directed against any particular country but to modernize our alliance with the US and maintain a peaceful, free and prosperous Indo-Pacific,” he said.
The Department of National Defense stood pat that the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the Philippines and the United States does not violate the country’s sovereignty and is not aimed against any foreign nation.
“These are not directed against any particular country but to modernize our alliance with the US and maintain a peaceful, free and prosperous Indo-Pacific,” he said. "We are literally paying for what is essentially a gross violation of our national sovereignty, in line with the ruling regime's puppetry to US interests in the region," she said.
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