Daily Memo: US-Japan-Philippines Talks, Russian Deployment to Niger

The talks focused on support for the Philippines' military modernization plans.

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Pacific partners. The leaders of the United States, Japan and the Philippines pledged to conduct joint naval exercises next year. The agreement came during their first trilateral summit in Washington on Thursday. U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also agreed to support Philippine defense modernization efforts and help the Philippine Coast […]

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