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MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2022
Philippines receives $29 million of military equipment from US to boost defences

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Reuters
08 December, 2020, 06:35 pm
Last modified: 08 December, 2020, 06:38 pm

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Philippines receives $29 million of military equipment from US to boost defences

Equipment including sniper rifles and anti-improvised explosive device gear was handed over during a visit by acting US Defence Secretary Christopher Miller, who is on a two-nation visit in Southeast Asia

Reuters
08 December, 2020, 06:35 pm
Last modified: 08 December, 2020, 06:38 pm
US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien and Philippines' Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr. elbow bump after the turnover ceremony of defense articles, at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, November 23, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien and Philippines' Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr. elbow bump after the turnover ceremony of defense articles, at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, November 23, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

The Philippines has received 1.4 billion pesos ($29 million) worth of military equipment from the United States, its defence minister said on Tuesday, part of efforts to bolster the country's external defence and counter terrorism capabilities.

Equipment including sniper rifles and anti-improvised explosive device gear was handed over during a visit by acting US Defence Secretary Christopher Miller, who is on a two-nation visit in Southeast Asia.

"The modernization of the AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) will ultimately allow us to respond more effectively to both traditional and non-traditional security threats to our maritime nation," Philippines Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said in a statement.

The Philippines is by far the largest recipient of US military assistance in the Indo-Pacific region, having received 33 billion pesos worth of planes, ships, armoured vehicles, and small arms since 2015, the US Embassy in Manila said.

Miller' trip came just a few weeks after US national security adviser Robert O'Brien's visited Manila to deliver $18 million worth of precision-guided munitions.

Last year, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assured the Philippines it would come to its defence if attacked in the South China Sea.

The United States and China have been at loggerheads over issues from technology and human rights to Chinese maritime militarisation, with each accusing the other of deliberately provocative behaviour.

China claim to 90% of the South China Sea includes areas claimed by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam. An international tribunal in 2016 ruled that China's expansive claim, based on its historical maps, is inconsistent with international law.

($1 = 48.1500 Philippine pesos)

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