Members of the Philippine Coast Guard participate during a training on navigation, small boat operations, maintenance, and logistical operations in the West Philippine Sea in Palawan on April 24, 2021. Philippine Coast Guard, Handout
MANILA – The Philippines should seek alliance with the world’s powerful militaries amid its maritime dispute with China, a senator said Tuesday.

“As I have repeatedly suggested, we should build stronger alliances with other militarily powerful and capable countries who may be willing to help our cause as it would also advance their own national interests if they maintain their presence alongside our naval assets in the vicinity of the WPS (West Philippine Sea),” Sen. Ping Lacson said in a statement.

He noted that the Philippines “should not abandon whatever negotiations with China are underway or in the pipeline as we speak.”

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