US hands $500m military aid boost to Philippines amid China tensions
Al JazeeraUS taking ‘bold steps’ to strengthen alliance says defence chief as Washington bids for increased regional influence. The two officials launched an Asia Pacific tour over the weekend, aimed at boosting Washington’s influence in the region in a bid to challenge the “strategic challenge” Beijing poses. “We’re now allocating an additional $500m in foreign military financing to the Philippines to boost security collaboration with our oldest treaty ally in this region,” Blinken told a news conference alongside Manila’s Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo and Defence Secretary Gilbert Teodoro. Manalo said the Philippines welcomes the “iron-clad commitment” shown by the US to the pair’s alliance. Military modernisation Biden and Austin earlier met with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, who thanked them for helping to make the Philippines more “agile in terms of our responses” in the West Philippine Sea – the term used by Manila to refer to the area in the South China Sea in which a series of escalating confrontations between Philippine and Chinese vessels has taken place over recent months.
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