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Philippine, Australian ships begin Maritime Cooperative Activity

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt=" This photo from the Royal Australian Navy website shows HMAS Toowoomba departing Sydney Harbor to participate in Exercise TALISMAN SABRE 2017. Department of Defence/Royal Australian Navy" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/11/25/royal-australian-navy.jpg"/><figcaption>This photo from the Royal Australian Navy website shows HMAS Toowoomba departing Sydney Harbor to participate in Exercise TALISMAN SABRE 2017. <em>Department of Defence/Royal Australian Navy</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA (UPDATED) — Philippine and Australian vessels are holding a Maritime Cooperative Activity to boost interoperability after the two countries upgraded their relationship to a strategic partnership in September.</p><p>President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. announced the start of the activity on Saturday, calling it &quot;a practical manifestation of the growing and deepening strategic defense partnership between our countries.&quot;</p><p>He said the exercises are meant to train military personnel to work together on maritime security and domain awareness and to test doctrines and existing protocols on these.</p><p>This, he said, would support rules-based international order and a &quot;more peaceful, secure, and stable Indo-Pacific region.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/multimedia/photo/09/08/23/australia-pm-secures-ties-with-ph-visit">Australia PM Albanese secures ties with PH visit</a></li></ul><p>Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Manila in September for dialogues and for the upgrade of relations between the Philippines and Australia.</p><p>In a statement from Australia&#x27;s defense ministry, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said the activity demonstrates the two countries&#x27; commitment &quot;to a peaceful, secure and prosperous region, where sovereignty and agreed rules and norms are respected.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/24/23/ph-us-patrols-successful-despite-shadowing-by-chinese-vessel">PH-US joint patrols ‘successful’ despite shadowing by Chinese vessel: Brawner</a></li></ul><p>The Philippines will be represented by the BRP Gregorio del Pilar and BRP Davao del Sur, and by Philippine Air Force surveillance aircraft.</p><p>They will be training with the HMAS Toowoomba and a Roayl Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance plane in waters within the Philippines&#x27; exclusive economic zone, Australia&#x27;s defense ministry also said.</p><p>The announcement comes following the successful joint patrols between the Philippines and the United States in the West Philippine Sea that concluded Friday. </p><p>The US and Australia have agreements with the Philippines governing visiting forces, including equipment and personnel.</p><p>The Philippines is also currently negotiating a similar <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/11/05/23/a-quick-look-at-phs-defense-cooperation-deal-with-japan">agreement with Japan.</a></p><p>The long-anticipated Philippine patrols with the United States and Australia follow a spike in tensions between Beijing and Manila over territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea.</p><p>Beijing&#x27;s expansive claims over the waterway approach the coasts of other countries -- more than a thousand kilometres from the nearest major Chinese landmass.</p><p>It has ignored an international tribunal ruling that its claims have no legal basis.</p><p>China deploys boats to patrol the sea and has built artificial islands that it has militarised to reinforce its claims.</p><p>Marcos warned on Saturday that the Chinese military had &quot;started to show interest&quot; in building bases on reefs that were &quot;closer and closer to the Philippine coastline&quot;. <strong>-- With a report from Agence France-Presse.</strong></p><div> </div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/10/17/philippines-australia-launch-joint-maritime-patrol-in-western-mindanao">Philippines, Australia launch joint maritime patrol in western Mindanao</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2617100" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div><br/> </div>

Marcos, Jr. said this is part of the two countries' strategic partnership, some 2 months since the visit of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. 