Russia flags war games with US ally Philippines
The Russian Navy said Tuesday it was planning to hold war games with the Philippines, as two of its ships made a rare stop in Manila following Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte's pivot from the United States.
Rear Admiral Eduard Mikhailov, the deputy commander of the Russian Navy's Pacific fleet, said the joint military exercises would focus on maritime piracy and terrorism, which he described as the region's two top security concerns.
"We're very sure that in the future we'll get such exercises with you, maybe just the manoeuvreing or maybe use some combat systems and so on," Mikhailov told reporters beside the docked Russian destroyer Admiral Tributs.
Mikhailov also raised the prospect of joint exercises with China and Malaysia in the South China Sea, where competing territorial claims have been a major source of tension and potential conflict for decades.
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Kind of hate seeing this going on but first 8 years of Obama and now, Duterte.
Russia and China don't care what people like Duterte say.
In this case, Duterte shouldn't go shooting off his mouth, we have supported I suppose vile dictators, imho, Mubarak wasn't one.
Maybe we have to allow some strongmen the way the world is getting.
