Joint maritime activities conducted in WPS for 3 consecutive weeks

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00:00The Philippine Navy and Coast Guard have had joint maritime exercises with their French

00:06counter over the last three weeks. The latest batch of multilateral sail exercises in the

00:12country's exclusive economic zone that have proceeded and culminated without obstruction

00:18or incident, especially from harassing Chinese Coast Guard and PLA vessels that roam and torment

00:24Filipino vessels and fisher folk. And as our Patrick Dinsu reports, the AFP is all set to

00:32perform maritime domain awareness flights to protect the country's other air assets.

00:40Three consecutive weeks of joint maritime activity in the West Philippine Sea, the latest of which

00:46was the maritime cooperative activity between the armed forces of the Philippines and the French

00:52Navy last Friday when France's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle sailed alongside other vessels

00:59while the Rafale multi-role fighter jets also flew over the West Philippine Sea. According to

01:05the AFP, no Chinese vessels were monitored in the vicinity of the exercise. They were at a

01:12distance of more than 120 nautical miles away. More multilateral sails with other countries

01:17are expected as the AFP has observed a decrease in coercive actions by China's PLA Navy during

01:25such activities. Actions of the government to bring in other nations to observe and protect

01:32the rules-based international order are very much welcome and we have noted a marked decrease in the

01:38illegal and coercive actions of the PLA Navy each time there is a multilateral or bilateral maritime

01:45cooperative activity. Meanwhile, the Philippine Air Force is ready to escort maritime domain

01:51awareness flights. This comes after a BIFAR aircraft was put at risk last week due to the

01:58dangerous maneuvering of a Chinese military helicopter over Scarborough Shoal. Whenever we

02:04are called upon to deploy our air assets to support other aircraft operating be it civilian aircraft

02:13or another military aircraft, the Air Force is capable. More AFP projects funded by the

02:20336 million U.S. dollars security aid from the U.S. are expected to continue after being exempt

02:29from the freeze order imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration. This is a welcome

02:35development on our part and we are glad to continue and it also signals basically our

02:41long-standing relationship with the U.S. and the Philippines. There are already particular

02:46programs that higher headquarters has mapped out for this year and even in the years to come. This

02:52will include activities on sea, air, and land and even our support systems, cyber, and other areas.

02:58From the People's Television Network, Patrick de Azuz, Balita, Pambansa.

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