Q and A of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) Signed Between the Governments of the Philippines and the United States ofAmerica
Pnoy and Barack Obama. Photo grabbed from google. This Q and A of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement signed recently by the governments of the Philippines and the United States of America is taken from the website of the Departement of Foreign Affairs. The author of this blog does not claim ownership the same. Credit is due to the Department of Foreign Affairs. 1. What is the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA)? The EDCA is an agreement between the Philippines and the United States which is envisioned to advance the implementation of the Philippine-U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT). 2. What purpose does the EDCA serve? The EDCA is designed to promote the following between the Philippines and its defense treaty ally the United States: Interoperability Capacity building towards AFP modernization Strengthening AFP for external defense Maritime security Maritime domain awareness Humanitarian assistance and disaster resp...