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Philippines hopes to sign key defense pact with Japan

The Philippines' military chief says he hopes a key defense pact with Japan that would allow the deployment of troops in each other's territory will be signed during security talks next week. Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa are set to meet with their Philippine counterparts in Manila on Monday.

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00:00And if you still don't receive verified information regarding that, can you consider...
00:11I have a question. What are the specific directives of President Marcos to you?
00:17Sir, you said that it's more than HADR. It can be...
00:21From the DTC and FOCA.
00:23This is it, sir, so that we can see the background.
00:26In the second question, in 2 plus 2, there will be a meeting between the officials of our country and Japan.
00:39And we are hoping that during that meeting, the RAA or the Reciprocal Access Agreement will be signed.
00:50Because it will allow Japanese forces, Japanese troops to come into our country to conduct trainings together with us.
01:01It will also allow our troops to go to Japan to train with them.
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