MANILA, Philippines The Philippine Coast Guard said Thursday it would participate for the first time in an annual joint military exercise conducted by the Southeast Asian country and the United States.
More than 16,700 Filipino and American troops will take part in this year's drills, which kick off Monday.The exercises will be focused in the northern and western parts of the archipelago nation -- near the potential flashpoints of the South China Sea and Taiwan.Beijing claims almost the entire waterway and considers self-ruled Taiwan part of its territory.Other countries, including the Philippine s, have overlapping claims to parts of the sea.
The coast guard's special operations force would also 'undertake joint interoperability exercises' with the Philippine Navy and their counterparts from Australia, France and the United States.The Philippine Coast Guard, which patrols the country's exclusive economic zone and carries out supply missions to remote outposts in the South China Sea, has accused China's coast guard and other boats of shadowing and blocking its vessels.
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