The Philippines and Italy signed a defense cooperation agreement in February 2026. The pact includes potential transfer of a submarine to the Philippine Navy.
The agreement was signed in February 2026. It reflects efforts by both nations to broaden their security partnerships. Discussions are underway for the transfer of a submarine to the Philippine Navy soon after the signing. Rappler editor-at-large Marites Vitug presented details on the growing defense relations between the two countries.
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US and Philippine defense officials reaffirmed their mutual defense treaty and signed a new security agreement during the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
The Philippines and Canada signed two defense agreements on Thursday to strengthen their Status of Visiting Forces Agreement signed last year.
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Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro reached a wide-ranging deal to promote defense equipment and technology cooperation. Japan is eyeing an early transfer of used warships and aircraft to the Philippines.
Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back met with his Philippine and Norwegian counterparts in Singapore on Saturday to discuss expanding defense and defense industry cooperation.
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India and Italy have upgraded their bilateral relations to a special strategic partnership during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Rome. The two nations also agreed on a defence industrial roadmap and set a target to expand annual trade to 20 billion euros by 2029.
During Paraguayan President Santiago Peña's historic visit to Manila—the first by a Paraguayan leader in over 60 years—Presidents Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Peña oversaw the signing of multiple agreements to boost trade, agriculture and people-to-people ties.
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South Korea and the United States have agreed to strengthen cooperation in areas of mutual security interest, including the transfer of wartime operational control and alliance modernization.