Tokyo is providing another tranche of military aid to Manila under its Official Security Assistance (OSA) framework that will include a ¥1.6 billion ($10.7 million) grant for additional coastal surveillance radar systems, rigid inflatable boats and other equipment.
As territorial disputes between China and the Philippines intensify, the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo announced on Thursday that the grant is intended to help strengthen the maritime security capabilities of the Philippine Navy as well as the surveillance and monitoring capabilities of the air force.
Agreed in an exchange of notes in Manila between Japan’s ambassador to the Philippines, Kazuya Endo, and Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo, the arrangement also includes funds for equipment designed to support the continued operation of the air surveillance radar systems that Manila procured from Tokyo in 2020.
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