China offers to hold joint military drills with Philippines

July 27, 2023

MANILA, July 27 (Reuters) - China has offered to hold joint military exercises with the Philippines, local media reported on Thursday, quoting Manila's military chief.

Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief Romeo Brawner will study the offer which was presented to him by China's ambassador to Manila, CNN Philippines and state-run PTV reported.

"They said they submitted some white papers, we have to study," Brawner said in a video posted by CNN Philippines on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

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