At a summit meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in February this year, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos (pictured left) agreed to strengthen security cooperation to keep China in check. Prime Minister’s Office website.
Japan is exporting defense equipment in the form of finished products for the first time since the implementation of the ‘Three Principles for Transfer of Defense Equipment’ in 2014, including supplying domestically produced ‘air defense radar’ to the Philippines. The Japanese Ministry of Defense released data on the 2nd and said, “Since the three principles of defense equipment transfer, the government and private companies have become one and have been working to export defense equipment. “The radar delivered this time is the first finished product to be transferred (exported).” The Japanese government has effectively banned arms exports in accordance with the ‘Three Principles of Arms Export’ expressed by then-Prime Minister Eisaku Sato in 1967. However, during the second cabinet of Shinzo Abe in 2014, this was revised to the ‘Three Principles for Transfer of Defense Equipment’ and some exports began to be permitted. This export was made possible by Mitsubishi Electric’s contract with the Philippine Department of Defense to supply four ‘Border Control Radars’ in 2020. The first unit was delivered last month, and the remaining three units are scheduled to be delivered by 2025. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit the Philippines on the 3rd and meet President Ferdinand Marcos to discuss defense cooperation. Prime Minister Kishida is expected to agree on a plan to provide surveillance radars free of charge at this meeting. The Japanese government selected the Philippines as the first country to apply to the ‘Government Security Capability Enhancement Assistance’ (OSA) system, which provides free defense equipment to friendly countries newly established in April this year. The intention is to increase the security capabilities of friendly countries and check China, which is strengthening military threats. The Philippines is engaged in a territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea. The Ministry of Defense said, “The Philippines is a strategic partner that shares basic values. He emphasized, “Promoting defense equipment and technology cooperation with the Philippines is important for peace and stability in Japan and the region.” Tokyo/Kim So-yeon, Correspondent [email protected]
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2023-11-03 04:35:59