่ฒๅพๅฎพๅๆฐ่ฅฟๅ ฐๅจไธไธญๅฝๆตทๆด็ดงๅผ ๅฑๅฟๅ ๅง็่ๆฏไธๅฏๅจ้จ้้จ็ฝฒๅ่ฎฎ
Richard Sanders
The Philippines and New Zealand have commenced discussions to establish an agreement permitting troop deployments on each other’s territory, as announced yesterday. This move comes amid escalating concerns over maritime disputes with China.
Manila aims to strengthen defense partnerships in the Asia-Pacific region in response to China’s assertive claims in the contested South China Sea.
Last Thursday, the first round of negotiations took place in Manila between the defense departments of both nations. A joint statement emphasized that these talks represent a significant advancement in bolstering defense relations.
The proposed Status of Visiting Forces Agreement would create a legal foundation for enhanced cooperative activities and joint military exercises within each other’s territories, furthering overall defense collaboration.
New Zealand’s Ambassador to the Philippines, Catherine McIntosh, attended the Manila meeting, with other Wellington delegates participating virtually. Philippine negotiators included officials from the defense, justice, and foreign affairs departments, along with representatives from the Presidential Commission on Visiting Forces.
Recently, the Philippine Senate ratified a similar defense agreement with Japan. The country has also formed defense pacts with the US and Australia and is in discussions with France.
China claims almost the entirety of the South China Sea, disregarding competing claims from several nations, including Taiwan and the Philippines, as well as an international ruling that undermines its position. Tensions have led to frequent confrontations between Philippine and Chinese vessels in this critical maritime region.
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่ฒๅพๅฎพๅๆฐ่ฅฟๅ ฐๅทฒๅผๅง่ฎจ่ฎบๅปบ็ซไธ้กนๅ่ฎฎ๏ผๅ ่ฎธๅๆนๅจๅฏนๆน้ขๅไธ้จ็ฝฒๅ้๏ผๆจๆฅๅฎฃๅธไบ่ฟไธๆถๆฏใ่ฟไธไธพๆชๆฏๅจๅฏนไธญๅฝๆตทๆดไบ็ซฏๅ ๅง็ๆ ๅฟงไธญๆๅบ็ใ
้ฉฌๅฐผๆๆจๅจๅ ๅผบไธไบๅคชๅฐๅบ็้ฒๅพกไผไผดๅ ณ็ณป๏ผไปฅๅบๅฏนไธญๅฝๅจๆไบ่ฎฎ็ๅไธญๅฝๆตท็ๅผบ็กฌไธปๅผ ใ
ไธๅจๅ๏ผไธคๅฝๅฝ้ฒ้จ้จๅจ้ฉฌๅฐผๆ่ฟ่กไบ้ฆๆฌก่ฐๅคใ่ๅๅฃฐๆๅผบ่ฐ๏ผ่ฟไบ่ฐๅคๆ ๅฟ็ๅ ๅผบ้ฒๅพกๅ ณ็ณป็้่ฆ่ฟๅฑใ
ๆ่ฎฎ็ใๆฅ่ฎฟ้จ้ๅๅฎใๅฐไธบๅจๅฏนๆน้ขๅไธๅผๅฑๅขๅผบ็ๅไฝๆดปๅจๅ่ๅๅไบๆผไน ๅฅ ๅฎๆณๅพๅบ็ก๏ผ่ฟไธๆญฅๆจๅจๆดไฝ้ฒๅพกๅไฝใ
ๆฐ่ฅฟๅ ฐ้ฉป่ฒๅพๅฎพๅคงไฝฟๅฏ็็ณยท้บฆ้ๆไปๅบๅธญไบ้ฉฌๅฐผๆไผ่ฎฎ๏ผๅ ถไปๅจ็ต้กฟไปฃ่กจๅไปฅ่ๆๆนๅผๅไธใ่ฒๅพๅฎพ่ฐๅคไปฃ่กจๅ ๆฌๅฝ้ฒใๅธๆณๅๅคไบค้จ้จ็ๅฎๅ๏ผไปฅๅๆฅ่ชๆป็ปๆฅ่ฎฟ้จ้ๅงๅไผ็ไปฃ่กจใ
ๆ่ฟ๏ผ่ฒๅพๅฎพๅ่ฎฎ้ขๆนๅไบไธ้กนไธๆฅๆฌ็็ฑปไผผ้ฒๅพกๅ่ฎฎใ่ฏฅๅฝ่ฟไธ็พๅฝๅๆพณๅคงๅฉไบ็ญพ็ฝฒไบ้ฒๅพกๅ่ฎฎ๏ผๅนถไธๆณๅฝ่ฟ่ก่ฎจ่ฎบใ
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