German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and Philippine Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro during their bilateral meeting, in Manila in a file photo from 2024. - Reuters
MANILA: Germany and the Philippines have agreed to enhance defence ties and boost joint activities as Manila builds up a range of alliances to strengthen its position in a longstanding dispute with China in the contested South China Sea.
Philippine defence secretary Gilberto Teodoro and German counterpart Boris Pistorius signed an "arrangement concerning defence cooperation" in Berlin on Wednesday (May 14), agreeing to expand cooperation to include cyber security, defence armament and logistics and United Nations peacekeeping, Manila's defence ministry announced on Thursday.
