The Philippines is committed in strengthening and deepening its defense ties with New Zealand.
This was emphasized by Department of National Defense (DND) undersecretary Cardozo Luna during the Bilateral Defense Talks (BDT) held in Manila last March 6.
Present during the BDT was New Zealand Defense Minister Helen Quilter. Both nations have a bilateral defense cooperation agreement signed in 2012.
During the meeting, Luna expressed his appreciation to New Zealand’s contribution in the building up the capacity of Philippine defense forces even as he noted that bilateral relations are pursued within the ambit of multilateral platforms particularly the ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting (ADMM)-Plus.
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