Japan, Philippines to hold first naval drill in South China Sea-sources
2015-05-09 09:59:18 source：Daily Mail
May 8, 2015
"Japan and the Philippines will hold their first joint naval drill this month in the South China Sea near a disputed shoal claimed by Beijing, sources in Tokyo and the Philippines said.
The May 12 maritime safety exercise, which will practise the code for unplanned encounters at sea, known as CUES, is part of an agreement signed by Japan and the Philippines in January aimed at tightening security cooperation.
The nature of the training is unlikely to worry China unduly, as it has conducted similar exercises with the United States in the past."
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