The emphasis of Germany and the Philippines on increasing defense cooperation
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency, according to Reuters, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and Philippine Defense Minister Gilberto Teodoro issued a joint statement on Sunday announcing that the two countries are committed to concluding a cooperation agreement. Defenses are extensive.
The defense ministers of Germany and the Philippines met and discussed in the city of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, in celebration of the 70th anniversary of political relations between the two countries. The two sides talked about increasing cooperation between the two countries.
In this conversation, the two ministers committed to establishing long-term relations between The armed forces of two countries became.
Manila and Berlin are deepening military relations in a situation where tensions between the Philippines and China have increased in recent months; In recent months, China and the Philippines have exchanged accusations of aggressive behavior in disputed areas of the South China Sea. The Philippines accuses the Chinese Navy of deliberately damaging Philippine Navy boats and injuring a Filipino sailor.
The Chinese government claims the right to own most of the South China Sea; Including areas that Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia call special economic zones.
The International Criminal Court (The Hague) announced in 2016 that the claim of the Chinese government has no legal basis, but China has rejected this judgment of the Hague Court.
The Defense Ministers of the Philippines and Germany emphasized in their joint statement that the Hague Tribunal’s ruling on the South China Sea is “final and legally binding.”
