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　　Military exercises between the United States and thePhilippines opened Monday. At the same time, navalforces from the Philippines and Japan launched jointtraining. Both military exercises are taking place inthe western Philippines -- not far from the SouthChina Sea.

　　The Philippine exercises with the United Statesinvolve a naval combat ship, the USS Fort Worth,and a P-3 Orion surveillance airplane. The PhilippineNavy says troops will train in intelligence-gatheringby air, and do live fire and ship search and seizureexercises. Navy officials say all of this will take place in Philippine waters on the eastern side ofPalawan Island.

　　Philippine Navy Lieutenant Commander Lued Lincuna spoke to VOA. He said work with Japan'sMaritime Self Defense Force is a maritime, or naval, activity -- not a maritime exercise. He saidthe aim of the training is to prepare for humanitarian and disaster assistance, as well assearch and rescue help.

　　The Philippine official said planes from each country will fly beyond the country's territorialwaters, 22 kilometers from the coastline.

　　"The concept of the maritime activity is that both aircraft will take off and then go to the area-- which until now I don't know where -- then they will have some activity there in relation tothe search and rescue."

　　The South China Sea is on the western coast of Palawan Island. About 300 kilometers to thenorth are the Spratly Islands, where China is developing man-made islands on at least sevencoral reefs. Almost all of the reefs are also claimed by the Philippines.

　　Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam also have competing claims in those waters. The area issaid to be rich in sea life and natural gas. Ships transport trillions of dollars in trade throughthe area. Japan has its own dispute with China over a small group of islands in the East ChinaSea.

　　For years, the Philippines had one of the smallest military budgets in East Asia. But the countryhas been slowly building up its armed forces. The Philippines also has strengthened itspartnerships with its allies. At the same time, China has grown more aggressive in claiming itsrights to large areas of the South China Sea.

　　Philippine military officials say the training with the U.S. this year will build on years ofexercises. They also said the operation is not related to the dispute between the Philippinesand China in the South China Sea.

　　But some observers say the joint exercises between the Philippines and Japan have what theycall a "symbolic" significance for Japan.

　　The New Patriotic Alliance Party of the Philippines has been opposed to the U.S. militarypresence in the country. Its secretary general, Renato Reyes, says now the country has to beconcerned about Japan's military interest here.

　　"They Japan probably plan to flex more and more of their military muscles in the coming years.We don't want to be used as a steppingstone. We don't want to be used as footstool for eitherAmerican interventionism or Japanese militarism."

　　Philippine President Benigno Aquino visited Japan earlier this month. During the visit, he said thetwo countries would begin working on a formal visiting forces agreement to have more Japanesetroops rotate to the country.

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