Navies From Different Countries Sailed In South China Sea
NAVIES – Navies from Philippines, USA, India, and Japan sailed alongside each other for the first time in the South China Sea to promote a cause.
Disputes over rightful claims of South China Sea has been going on for quite some time. However, Philippines and China’s government recently had peaceful talks seemingly looking forward to peaceful resolutions.
Recently, for the first time in history, navies from the four countries (Philippines, United States of America, India and Japan) sailed together in the waters of the disputed South China Sea.
This is to get their point across which is “to promote maritime cooperation throughout a free and open Indo-pacific.”
The marine vessels were headed to Singapore for the second part of the Asean Defense Ministers Meeting Plus Maritime Security Field Training Exercise or ADMM-Plus MARSEC FTX.
This is based on an article from Inquirer.
The ships that were present during the joint sailing were:
- Philippine Navy’s BRP Andres Bonifacio (PS-17)
- Japan’s JS Izumo (DDH-183) and JS Murasame (DD-101),
- India’s INS Kolkata (D63) and Shakti (A57),
- and the U.S. Navy’s USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110).
The event of the joint sailing by different countries goes to show the live participation of Philippines’ navies as relationships with allies and partners across the Asia Pacific region is reinforced and strengthened.
This was revealed by the Philippine Navy’s head of delegation, Captain Roy Vincent Trinidad on Thursday.
One of the Philippine sailors, BRP Andre Bonifacio’s commanding officer Captain Jerry Garido expressed his sentiments towards the maintenance of peace and order in the area.
He stated:
“Our bond of friendship with our regional partners is as strong as our commitment to maintain peace and stability in the region.”
The Philippine Navy reoirted that the ships rode through the waters of the South China Sea where an imposed conduct of ‘Freedom of Navigation is applied. Also with support to a rules-based international system for the advantage of all countries.
That is all there is to it, at least for now. We’ll post updates as soon as we got them.
