PH, Australia to boost ties in defense, trade, maritime

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is optimistic that the Philippines and Australia will enhance their relations through improved cooperation in defense, trade, maritime affairs, and technology.

During his visit to Canberra, Marcos had a productive discussion with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, focusing on maximizing the benefits of their strategic partnership.

The leaders explored opportunities in defense, maritime cooperation, non-traditional security, trade, investment, development, multilateral collaboration, and people-to-people ties.

Three new agreements were signed to boost information sharing, capability building, and interoperability in the maritime domain, cyber and critical technology, and competition law.

These agreements build upon the existing framework of over 120 bilateral agreements between the two nations.