๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐๐จ๐ซ๐จ ๐๐ซ. defended Japanโs participation in the recent Balikatan drills after China objected to the firing of a Type 88 surface-to-ship missile in the Philippines. He said ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฌ, dismissing Beijingโs claim that such activities threaten regional peace and stability.
โAno ba yung ginagawa nila? Yung panunupil nila sa West Philippine Sea at sa ibaโt ibang mga lugar โ kahit Vietnam, ginaganon nila. Recently, yung Malaysia at Indonesia, ginaganon nila,โ he said.
The Defense Secretary further emphasized that ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
