Locsin supports new US-UK-Australia security allianceThe AUKUS security partnership is expected to enable the three countries to “significantly deepen cooperation on a range of emerging security and defense capabilities,” according to a statement released by the Australian government this month. The AUKUS security partnership is expected to enable the three countries to “significantly deepen cooperation on a range of emerging security and defense capabilities,” according to a statement released by the Australian government this month. “Preliminarily, I can say that the President is the chief executor of our laws and the Constitution of the Philippines provides for a nuclear-free Philippines. And we are also party to the ASEAN-Bangkok Accord providing for a nuclear-free Southeast Asia,” presidential spokesman Harry Roque said yesterday at a press briefing. Southeast Asian countries Malaysia and Indonesia have expressed concern that the AUKUS could lead to an arms race in the region.

Source: Philippine Star September 27, 2021 16:06 UTC