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PH, Canada sign visiting forces agreement

Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Canadian Minister of National Defense David McGuinty signed the Status of Visiting Forces Agreement in Makati City following their bilateral meeting on Nov.
The agreement, which allows Canadian troops to participate in joint exercises on land as well, is the latest in a series of ...
The deal allows Canadian troops to join joint land exercises with the Philippine military, expanding Ottawa’s role beyond ...
The Philippines and Canada signed a pact on Sunday for their armed forces to train on each other's soil, boosting defence cooperation to tackle common security concerns in the Indo-Pacific region.
Philippine defense officials say Canada and the Philippines, both staunch critics of China’s increasingly coercive actions in the disputed South China Sea, will sign a key defense agreement that will ...
The Philippines and Canada have signed a Visiting Forces Agreement that will allow both countries' troops to enter, train and operate on each other's soil.