Philippines, US agree on more joint security activities in 2019MANILA, Philippines – The militaries of the Philippines and the United States have agreed to conduct 281 security cooperation activities next year, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said. This is more than the number of joint activities between the two militaries this year, according to the AFP, without mentioning how many activities were done in 2018. The MDB and SEB work together to form a framework for defense and security cooperation between the countries. In their meeting, the two top government officials discussed mutual defense and security challenges. The exercises this year, however, focused on mutual defense and counterterrorism, which also included lessons learned from the Marawi siege.

Source: Philippine Star September 28, 2018 04:41 UTC