The Philippines and India held their first joint naval exercises in the disputed South China Sea, Philippine military officials said on Monday, just as President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. left for a state visit to New Delhi. The two-day sea drills began on Sunday and have been “productive so far,” according to Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief-of-Staff General Romeo S. Brawner, Jr. Philippine and Indian forces have met their “objectives for the exercise,” he said in mixed English and Filipino, based on a video shared with reporters.

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