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THE Philippines and the United Kingdom signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that outlines the two states’ intended defense engagements in the next five years.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The agreement, with maritime domain expected to be among the priorities, was signed on January 11 between the Department of National Defense (DND) and the UK Ministry of Defense (MOD).<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Philippine Ambassador Teodoro Locsin Jr. signed for the Philippine side while The Earl of Minto Timothy Minto, Minister of State for Defence, signed for the UK side.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe UK-Philippines MOU on Defense Cooperation is the cornerstone of our defense relationship,\u201d the UK Embassy in Manila said in an email on Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIt outlines the intent of our defense engagement for the next five years across a range of areas, including military exercises, training and modernisation efforts,\u201d the UK Embassy said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe can expect this engagement to focus on the maritime domain, Exclusive Economic Zone, hydrography and UK participation in future military exercises,\u201d it added.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Department of Foreign Affairs said the MOU also seeks to provide a framework for enhancing bilateral cooperation on defense and military education, peacekeeping operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, and research and technology.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE Philippines and the United Kingdom signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that outlines the two states’ intended defense engagements in the next five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ink.jpeg",415,260,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ink-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ink-300x188.jpeg",300,188,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ink.jpeg",415,260,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ink.jpeg",415,260,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ink.jpeg",415,260,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ink.jpeg",415,260,false],"kreeti-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ink.jpeg",415,260,false],"kreeti-featured":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ink.jpeg",415,260,false],"kreeti-medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ink.jpeg",415,260,false],"kreeti-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ink-350x260.jpeg",350,260,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"National<\/a>","tag_info":"National","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3257"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3259,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3257\/revisions\/3259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}