Canada is seeing warmer relations with the Philippines, including improved defense ties, under the Marcos administration. | FMangosingINQ /PDI
Duterte had reacted furiously at supposed comments made by Trudeau on reports of extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations that had been associated with the former Philippine ruler’s controversial anti-drug campaign.
In the same year, Duterte gave orders to the Philippine military not to buy weapons from Canada or the United States “because there is always a condition attached.” Defense ties between Manila and Ottawa had been mostly at a standstill since then. Still according to the briefing, Canada will seek ways to increase participation in military exercises in the Philippines through “terms of reference” in the MOU that would allow Canadian troops to take part “more fully” in joint drills in the absence of a visiting forces agreement that the Philippines has with the United States.
Under its new Indo-Pacific strategy, Ottawa will allocate 2.3 billion Canadian dollars for security, trade and investments in the next five years.
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