The Philippines are looking for two islands, which were once part of a US Navy base for a military base, the defense department said Thursday.
The Grand and Czech Republics are deployed in the Gulf of Subic, which was once a broad US base until the Philippines rejected the extension of lease.
The US Department of Defense has said the island can help secure a Freeport airport and an international airport and support the development of a base by the Philippines in the region.
The Defense Ministry accidentally referred to the Philippines’ special economic zone in the South China Sea and Scarboro Schwaal, referring to the Philippines and Scarboro Schwaal.
The Philippines’ rule in the South China Sea has been primarily the work of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who has repeatedly locked up with China due to the continuous behavior and presence of Beijing’s coast guards and the fishing militia near Manila’s EEZ.
Tensions have escalated since Marcos followed more contacts with the US Defense Treaty, including training with the US Typhoon missile system, which angered Beijing’s deployment.
The announcement came a day after the arrest of a Chinese citizen, five other foreigners and two Philippines on the Granade Island for allegedly violating the law on money guards and the country’s cybercrime law.
They were suspected by the police and the law enforcement authorities that they participated in espionage and kidnappings related to maritime game operations that were passed last year.
(Mikhail Floris Report; Montage by Martin Petty)