As a sovereign nation, the Philippines has the inherent right to conduct military exercises with any country, including the United States and Japan. We possess the strategic autonomy to decide which security partnerships to strengthen and which alliances to build in pursuit of our national interest.
I fully agree with
Secretary Gilbert Teodoro. China has no business interfering in or concerning itself with our sovereign decisions. As he rightly stated, we alone determine our defense and security policies based on what best serves our national interests.
