20 Philippine Warships, Other Assets Deployed For 30th ASEAN Summit Under Duterte Gov’t
Twenty Philippine Navy ships, of various changes and sizes,
will be deployed to secure delegates of the ASEAN Summit and Related meetings
from April 26 to 29 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in
Pasay City.
Philippine Navy Spokesperson Captain Lued Lincuna, in a
message to the Philippine News Agency Tuesday, April 25, however, declined to
give the names and locations of these ships, many of which are now patrolling
Manila Bay for security and operational reasons.
Lincuna said these vessels are supported by elite troops
from Naval Special Operations and Marine units along with assorted Philippine
Navy planes and helicopters.
Joint Task Force Deputy Commander Colonel Victor Tomas
earlier said they are yet to detect any security threats for the coming ASEAN
event.
“We are very fortunate to say that there are no threats
detected for the coming ASEAN meetings (at the PICC in Pasay City),” he added.
The above-mentioned military unit will serve as the
Philippine National Police (PNP) back-up in securing the said event along with
other government security agencies.
Despite this, Tomas said security for the meetings will
still be tight so they will not be caught flat-footed in case of any untoward
incident.
“We don’t want to be overconfident so what we are doing is
we are (still conducting) intelligence build-up and (target) hardening,” he
added.
Source: Philippine News Agency
20 Philippine Warships, Other Assets Deployed For 30th ASEAN Summit Under Duterte Gov’t
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