Local guv puts end to speculation that threatened to stir stress with China PUBLISHED : 22 Mar 2024 at 20: 45 The view from a lighthouse near Basco, the capital city of Batanes province in the northern Philippines. (Photo: Wikityrey bymeansof Wikimedia Commons) MANILA – The UnitedStates military will not be included in establishing a port on one of the Philippines’ northernmost islands near Taiwan, the regional guv stated on Friday, eliminating a prospective source of friction with China. The guv of the Batanes islands, less than 200 kilometres from Taiwan, stated in August that she had lookedfor UnitedStates financing for a brand-new port there. The UnitedStates embassy had at the time verified its diplomats and army specialists hadactually been in talks with regional authorities on numerous assistance procedures for the islands. “At veryfirst they stated they will assistance however lateron on, no
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