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The announcement comes as Washington opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands to counter Beijing in the Pacific waters. The US would be given access to the military bases under the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, defence chief Lloyd Austin and his Philippine counterpart Carlito Galvez said in a joint news conference yesterday.
With four newly added locations, the US military will have access to nine bases. Washington also announced it was allocating more than $82m (£67m) toward infrastructure investments at the existing sites. The pact allows Washington to access Philippine military bases for the purpose of joint training, pre-positioning of equipment and the building of facilities such as runways, fuel storage and military housing, while barring a permanent presence.
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