MANILA: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Sunday (Feb 12) he saw no reason why the Philippines should not have a Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with Japan if it would boost maritime security and ensure greater protection for Filipino fishermen. Marcos, however, also told reporters he would exercise ca
MANILA: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Sunday he saw no reason why the Philippines should not have a Visiting Forces Agreement with Japan if it would boost maritime security and ensure greater protection for Filipino fishermen.
under a VFA, a move which China said undermined regional stability and raised tensions. The VFA provides rules for the rotation of thousands of US troops in and out of the Philippines for exercises. Marcos was in Japan for a five-day visit, to forge closer security ties with Tokyo, which in December announced its biggest military-build up since World War Two, fuelled by concerns aboutMarcos and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida penned a deal to allow their armed forces to work together during disaster relief, an agreement seen as a step towards a broader pact that could allow the countries to deploy forces on each other's soil.
The Philippines has a VFA with the US, while Tokyo has VFAs with Australia and Britain, and also hosts the biggest concentration of US forces abroad.
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