PH Navy welcomes Indo-Pacific deployment of NATO task force

Rear Adm. Roy Vincent Trinidad, Philippine Navy spokesperson for West Philippine Sea, presents photos of submersible drones found in different parts of the country during a press conference at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on April 15, 2025. (Photo: Martin A. Sadongdong/MANILA BULLETIN)

- By MARTIN SADONGDONG

A multi-national task force composed of service members from countries belonging to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is sailing to the Indo-Pacific region soon in response to China's growing aggression, according to a ranking Philippine Navy (PN) officer.

The task force includes an aircraft carrier from Great Britain and military forces from NATO countries in Europe and North America, said PN spokesperson for West Philippine Sea (WPS) Rear Adm. Roy Vincent Trinidad.

"A British task force is coming with an aircraft carrier. It's a NATO task force so it includes different countries of NATO. They deployed their vessels and they will be coming to the Indo-Pacific," Trinidad said Sunday, May 25.