The Philippines announced Monday the location of four additional military bases to be used by US troops, with one site near the hotly disputed South China Sea and another not far from Taiwan.
The four sites are considered "suitable and mutually beneficial", the Presidential Communications Office said in a statement.
The longtime treaty allies agreed in February to expand cooperation in "strategic areas" of the country as they seek to counter China's growing assertiveness over Taiwan and its building of bases in the South China Sea.
