The Japanese and Philippine ships
are set to a naval exercise in waters off Palawan. Lieutenant Commander Domingo
the Philippine Navy Public Affairs Office Chief, said that the Philippine
Navy’s flagship BRP Ramon Alcaraz would conduct passing exercise (Passex)
with the Japan Defense Ship Hatakaze, a destroyer ship from Japanese Maritime
Self Defense Force.
Both Alcaraz and Hatakaze were participants
in the recently concluded Kakadu 2014, an international naval exercise that was
hosted by Royal Australian Navy last August 25 to September 12 of this year.
“Passex exercise gives us the opportunity
not only to practice but the chance to establish professional relationship with
our strong allies making us a more capable force working together at sea.”
“The exercise is composed of sea
drills between two navies to ensure synchronization of the communication and the
cooperation between the participating navies in combined naval operations.”
The naval exercise is not intended
to provoke China, “It has nothing to do with the South China Sea dispute, this is mainly
for training purposes,” he said. “This is still part of the Kakadu exercises.”
“This training purpose is to
improve our capacity, our interoperability with the navies protecting our
maritime region.”
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