NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Philippines and its allies are trying to expand the Squad grouping of nations to include India and South Korea to counter China in the Indo-Pacific region, the Philippines’ Armed Forces chief Romeo S. Brawner said on Wednesday.
The Squad is a multilateral grouping made up of Australia, Japan, the Philippines and the United States, whose defence forces have conducted joint maritime activities in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone since last year.
(Reporting by Shivam Patel; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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