The American landing craft USS America has arrived in the Philippines for a four-day visit. This was reported by the TV channel. NTD.
Prior to that, the USS America completed joint exercises with the Japanese Navy, according to the publication.
It was noted that Chinese ships accompanied the ship in the South China Sea on its way to the Philippines, but “there was no conflict”.
Previously assistant Eli Ratner, the US Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security, acknowledged that the Pentagon’s alliances with countries in the Asia-Pacific region such as the Philippines and Japan are directed against China.
At the same time, Russia’s Ambassador to China Igor Morgulov said that Russia and China will continue to tell the countries of the Asia-Pacific region how dangerous NATO’s presence in the region is.
According to him, the Russian Federation and China should continue their efforts to protect the security structures established in the region after the end of the Cold War period. Thus, the diplomat answered the question of what Beijing and Moscow might object to the withdrawal of the North Atlantic Alliance’s potential in the Asia-Pacific region.