Philippines eyes expansion of Squad to include India, South Korea

Published : Thursday, 20 March, 2025 at 12:00 AM Count : 98

NEW DELHI, Mar 19: 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. �"REUTERS

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