CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City—The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) assured continued cooperation during the meeting between AFP Chief of Staff General Romeo Brawner Jr and USINDOPACOM commander Admiral John Aquilino on March 12 at the AFP General Headquarters here.
Among those discussed were the lined-up programs and activities, including the PH-US Balikatan Exercises, the maritime cooperative activities, and Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement sites projects, and the strengthening of coordination with other militaries from like-minded nations to advance the rules-based international order and secure a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
Their meeting manifests the commitment of the AFP to its treaty ally to ensure high-level coordination and sustained implementation of programs aimed at enhancing interoperability between the two militaries.
Photo by PFC Carmelotes/PAOAFP
