The Armed Forces of the Philippines is reviewing its military exchange program with China, AFP chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. said on Thursday.
The exchange program is covered by the China-Philippines Memorandum of Understanding on Defense Cooperation signed in 2004 to foster stronger military ties.
“We have had already 74 officers who went through this program and 17 enlisted personnel since 2007,” the military chief told reporters at a forum organized by the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines in Quezon City. “Since the incident last August 5, our government, there were calls by some senators and sectors of society saying that it’s ironic that we are sending our officers to China and we are experiencing this in the West Philippine Sea. So, we had to step back and said, ‘Why don’t we study the MOU we signed in 2004?’” Brawner explained.
The official added that China still asked the Philippines to send its cadets, which the AFP declined pending the review of the MOU.
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