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Philippines, US sign military intelligence-sharing deal to counter China

Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro confers the Outstanding Achievement Medal to US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin after the two officials signed a new bilateral agreement on intelligence sharing in Manila, November 18, 2024 [Aaron Favila/AP]

The Philippines and the United States have signed a military intelligence-sharing deal, in a further deepening of security ties between the two defence treaty allies as they seek to counter a resurgent China.

Secretary of Defense Gilberto Teodoro and his visiting US counterpart Lloyd Austin signed the agreement on Monday during a ceremony at the Department of National Defense (DND) in the Philippine capital, Manila.

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