US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter visited Friday afternoon the Antonio Bautista Air Base in Puerto Princesa, capital of the Philippine island-province of Palawan, before flying to an American warship that is on patrol in the disputed West Philippine Sea.
Antonio Bautista is one of the five previously agreed military bases in the Philippines where American troops may temporarily hold station under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (Edca) between Manila and Washington. However, Carter had announced after his April 13 arrival in Manila that this number of bases would increase.
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