The 30th Balikatan, the joint exercise between Philippine and US troops, will kick off Monday in Camp Aguinaldo, exactly a week after the signing of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA).
Lt. Annaleah Cazcarro, co-director of Balikatan’s Combined Joint Information Bureau, on Sunday said the opening ceremony would be attended by Foreign Affairs Secretary Eduardo del Rosario, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, US Ambassador Philip Goldberg, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Emmanuel Bautista, Philippine exercise director Maj. Gen. Emeraldo Magnaye and his US counterpart, Lt. Gen. Terry Robling.
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