On Tuesday, the US announced $500 million in military funding to modernize the Philippine armed forces. The allies agreed
The funding is part of an agreement to deepen defense cooperation amid ongoing tensions with Beijing in the disputed South China Sea.
“We’re now allocating an additional $500 million in foreign military financing to the Philippines to boost security collaboration with our oldest treaty ally in this region — new steps to strengthen the alliance, a once-in-a-generation investment to help modernize the Filipino Armed Forces and Coast Guard,” Blinken told reporters.
Last month, during a resupply mission on the Second Thomas Shoal, the Chinese coast guard rammed and boarded Philippine naval vessels. This area of contested waters has become a central flashpoint between the two countries.The US and the Philippines have a defense treaty, and Washington has repeatedly warned that an American military response could be triggered by a Chinese attack on Filipino ships.
Manila and Beijing have overlapping claims in the resource-rich waterway, where a significant portion of the world’s commerce and oil transits.
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