UK eyes Visiting Forces Agreement

The Manila Times

UK eyes Visiting Forces Agreement  Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. confirms receiving a letter from the British Ministry of Defense expressing interest in forging a Status of Visiting Forces Agreement between the United Kingdom and the Philippines. Teodoro said he is waiting for Malacañang’s go signal to proceed with the negotiations.   MPC Pool   Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes #tmtnews #philippines

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00:00It was a letter from the British Minister of Defense expressing their intention to enter into a Visiting Forces Agreement with us.

00:13We welcome this development because then it will be the second European country that we will be negotiating a SOCFA with.

00:23And the next step will be for me to be authorized by the President to negotiate such a SOCFA.

00:33They're very interested, of course, in multilateral maritime exercises.

00:41And for us, we see a fit also with our army and their army being smaller armed forces.

00:48And we can learn a lot from the way that they operate as a smaller army.

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