PH, allies vow to boost security cooperation

MANILA, Philippines --- The defense chiefs of the Philippines, Japan, United States, and Australia have agreed during their first-ever quadrilateral talks to step up security cooperation especially in the South China Sea, in an effort to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific amid China's increasing assertiveness in the region. Acting Defense Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. met with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III, Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, and Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's top security summit, in Singapore on Saturday. "It was an honor to meet with Secretary Galvez, Minister Hamada, and DPM M...

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