Philippines, United Kingdom Conclude MOU on Defense Cooperation

LONDON 16 January 2024 – The Philippines and the United Kingdom signed on 11 January 2024 the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Defense Cooperation between the PH Department of National Defense (DND) and the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD). 

Philippine Ambassador Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. signed for the Philippine side while The Earl of Minto Timothy Minto, Minister of State for Defence, signed for the UK side.

The MOU is aimed at providing a framework for enhancing bilateral cooperation in the field of defense, including on defense and military education, training and capacity building, peacekeeping operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, armaments and military equipment, and research and technology.

Ambassador Locsin and The Earl of Minto hailed the MOU as an opportunity to further develop defense cooperation between the two countries. END

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