South China Sea
Defense Secretary Teodoro announces that the Philippines will procure five new naval destroyers
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro addresses a limited press briefing in Singapore on May 31. (Photo by Kentaro Takeda)
In Singapore, both nations announced a push to deepen defense cooperation, responding to China’s increasingly assertive behavior in the South China Sea, with plans to transfer warships and a patrol aircraft to the Philippines as priority objectives.