00:00Okay, so the Reciprocal Access Agreement with Japan was recently ratified by both of our Congress, the Philippine Congress and
00:13the Japanese NIAs, last year, 2021.
00:17So this year, 2026, the RAA now allows Japanese troops to come to the Philippines to join the Balikatan exercise.
00:31So for the very first time, after a very very long time, combat troops from Japan and the Japanese Self
00:41-Defense Forces will be coming here to the Philippines to join us in the Balikatan exercise.
00:47I cannot divulge the exact numbers or what type of units are coming in or the pigment that they're coming
00:56to bring here, but suffice it to say that they will be sending out the bigger contingent to join the
01:07Balikatan exercise.
01:08Can you share where they will be the reward or which exercises they will be participating in?
01:13They will be participating most of the exercises.
01:18Kasi yung Balikatan exercise natin is composed of several exercises.
01:22We have the field training exercise, the command force exercise, cyber exercise, etc.
01:27So they will be joining most of us.
01:30So they will be joining most of us.
01:30Sir, may they will get involved with the live fire exercise?
01:33I cannot divulge that.
01:35Sir, may names na po?
01:37It will be April to May.
01:41It will not be a long time.
01:43Yes, April 20 maybe.
01:4520?
01:45Then sir, may you ask,
01:46hindi ba nag scale down because of what is happening in Iran?
01:50Like in the US troops sir, hindi ba sila nagpahas?
01:52No, no. We received the confirmation from Admiral Paparo himself. He said that this will still be the biggest balikatan
02:02exercise despite the war going on in the Middle East.
02:07Sabi niya, hindi tayo ma-affectuhan. Tuloy pa rin lahat ng ating mga plinano, ng mga activities, and yung scale
02:13and scope ay pareho pa rin.
02:15Sir, BRP Malvar was reported the scandal by the Chinese FCB. Any comments?
02:25So, ang comment ko lang is that maganda ang naging reaction ng ating mga trope because we countered their or
02:33we challenged that action by China.
02:36Kasi pagka, parang, parang tinutok mo yung baril mo sa isang tao by that action by China. And we called
02:48them out for that.
02:49So, nung challenge tayo, ay tinigil naman nila yung inawang ito.
02:58Sir, dun sa balikatan. So, you mentioned still the biggest. So, what will we view this year?
03:06How different is it from last year's statistic right now? Describe as one of the biggest dipeneration.
03:11So, aside from having more participants this year, may kita po natin that with the participation of Japan, for instance,
03:24this will expand the scope of our defensive operations.
03:29Dahil ngayon, kasama na natin hindi lamang yung Estados Unidos at ang Australia sa maghahanda ng pagdepensa natin, hindi lamang
03:40ng Philippine archipelago but even our common areas.
03:44So, mas mapapalaawak na ngayon yung mga gagawin natin ng exercises at mas makapaghanda tayo for any eventuality, whether it
03:56is man-made or natural.
03:58Kasi hindi lamang gera naman yung gagawin natin. We are also preparing for disasters.
04:05Kasi, kapunat ng Pilipinas, ang Japan ay parati rin tinatamaan ng mga pagyo, marami silang mga earthquake, may tsunami pa
04:15sila.
04:16So, pare-pareho tayo ng na-experience dito sa Pacific Rim of Fire.
04:22Will there be new exercises and new capabilities that will be utilized this year?
04:28We will be focusing also more intently on cyber exercise, cyber defense exercise.
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