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Maritime exercises in South China Sea

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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Defense forces of the U.S., Japan, Australia and the Philippines held a one-day joint maritime exercise in the South China Sea on Sunday (April 7).</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The exercise involved communication activities and &#x27;officer of the watch&#x27; maneuvers in Manila&#x27;s exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The activities took place days before a summit between the leaders of Japan, U.S. and the Philippines, which will include a discussion of recent incidents in the South China Sea.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Philippines and China had several maritime run-ins last month that included the use of water cannon and heated verbal exchanges, triggering concerns about an escalation at sea.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/7/ph-conducts-first-maritime-cooperative-activity-in-wps-with-us-australia-japan-2324"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/7/ph-conducts-first-maritime-cooperative-activity-in-wps-with-us-australia-japan-2324">PH conducts first maritime cooperative activity in WPS with US, Australia, Japan</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/8/ph-doing-everything-possible-to-ease-tension-with-china-marcos-1324"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/8/ph-doing-everything-possible-to-ease-tension-with-china-marcos-1324">Philippines &#x27;doing everything possible&#x27; to ease tension with China: Marcos</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><em>(Production: Cordelia Hsu)</em></span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Defense forces of the U.S., Japan, Australia and the Philippines held a one-day joint maritime exercise in the South China Sea on Sunday (April 7).</p>

Defense forces of the U.S., Japan, Australia and the Philippines held a one-day joint maritime exercise in the South China Sea on Sunday (April 7).

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WATCH: Australia, US, Japan, and PH hold maritime exercises in South China Sea

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Published Apr 08, 2024 05:31 PM PHT

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