US, PH in talks for deployment of more military assets

To build its defense strategy and better equip its armed forces, the Philippines is currently in talks with the United States for the possible deployment of more US military assets and equipment, Philippine Ambassador to Washington Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez said.

- By RAYMUND ANTONIO

In a recent interview on Newswatch PH, the ambassador shared plans to conduct more visiting forces exercises before the end of the year, as well as the deployment of missiles.

“This is just part of a bigger picture where we will do what we can to have interoperability in terms of training our soldiers to be able to use some of the equipment that the US may make available for our armed forces,” he said.

“We're not only talking about missile systems, but more importantly, other types of equipment that we'll be able to use for our defense, part of our defense strategy, and at the same time, part of our alliance with the United States. So, it's not just the missile systems, but also probably other equipment in relation to intelligence gathering and so forth and so on," he added.