WPS: Japan, Philippines to launch working-level destroyer export talks
Japan and the Philippines agreed Tuesday to establish a framework for working-level talks on the export of used destroyers to the Philippines, with the two countries sharing concerns over China’s maritime assertiveness. The agreement was reached at a meeting in Manila between Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Philippine counterpart Gilberto Teodoro. Last month,
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