China, Arab Nations to Hold Summit in Saudi Arabia Next Month
- Visit to the key energy partner would be Xi’s first since 2016
- Saudi Arabia is major oil supplier to world’s No. 2 economy
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@ansy1968 could you personally overthrow it on our behalf? Send in all your ladies to occupy the land
Sometimes, I am tempted to what to reach through my computer screen so that I can choke the life out of this brain dead bit&h. But then I discover that the only one she is hurting with her antics is Europe itself so I guess, I guess I am wondering, when will the day come when she goes out like Marie Antoinette cause she is certainly doing everything she could to go out like her
Good luck, my firm is a distributor for ABB and Schneider components, orders for european made items like inverters and even power factor regulators now take at least 8 months to be ready stock ex-factory.
@Andy1974 Please bring back Duterte.
Looks like Marcos is going to move the Philippines right back into PLA crosshairs, just when Duterte is about to finish moving your country away from it.
Tbf to Marcos, I am leaning towards this move being in Philippines national interest if Marcos can utilise it well for negotiating with US and China
Its all about how good he is as a negotiator, one big misstep and Philippines will be staring down at the abyss
It's all smoke and mirrors, EDCA is set to expire in 2023, so the the negotiation is all about extending the agreement, nothing more nothing less.
From Wikipedia
Summary of the agreement[]
According to Ambassador Goldberg, the goal of the EDCA is to "promote peace and security in the region." While outlining new defense-cooperation measures, the agreement also allows for the United States to respond more quickly to environmental and humanitarian disasters in the region.Designed to supplement the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty and the 1999 Visiting Forces Agreement, the EDCA reaffirms mutual cooperation between the United States and the Philippines to develop their individual and collective capacities to resist armed attack by: improving interoperability of the two country's armed forces, promoting long-term modernization, helping maintain and develop maritime security, and expanding humanitarian assistance in response to natural disasters.
The agreement allows for U.S. forces and contractors to operate out of "agreed locations," which are defined as: "facilities and areas that are provided by the Government of the Philippines through the (AFP) and that United States forces, United States contractors, and others as mutually agreed". The Agreement hands over all operational controls of these "Agreed Locations" to the United States, and allows U.S. forces to pre-position and store defense materiel, equipment, and supplies. The Agreement makes clear that this materiel cannot include nuclear weapons.
The EDCA is effective for an initial period of ten years, and thereafter, it shall continue in force automatically unless terminated by either Party by giving one year's written notice through diplomatic channels of its intention to terminate the agreement (Article XII, Sec. 4 of EDCA). While the US forces may exercise operational control, put troops and equipment, construct facilities, and be accommodated in certain agreed locations, the Philippines shall still retain ownership of the agreed locations (Article V, Sec. 1 of EDCA). Importantly, the United States is not allowed to establish any permanent military bases, and must hand over any and all facilities in the "agreed locations" to the Philippine government upon the termination of the agreement.
The agreement also stipulates that the U.S. is not allowed to store or position any nuclear weapons on Philippine territory.
Agreed locations[]
In April 2015, the United States Government asked for access to eight bases in the Philippines, including the formerly American and , as well as bases on , , and .On March 19, 2016, the Philippines and the United States government agreed on the 5 locations of military bases for the American troops under the EDCA: (), (), (), (), (, ).
