PRESS RELEASE: Australia Conducts Indo-Pacific Endeavour for a peaceful, inclusive, and resilient Indo-Pacific region
Before sailing into the port of Manila, the Australian Defence Force and the Philippine Navy conducted Exercise Lumbas, a bilateral Australia-Philippines exercise focusing on high-end training and interoperability. Today, the Australian maritime task group of HMA Ships Canberra, Sirius, and Anzac docked in Manila harbour for a three-day port visit as part of Indo Pacific Endeavour 2021 (IPE21). IPE21 is Australia´s flagship regional engagement activity and a demonstration of Australia´s steadfast support for a peaceful, inclusive and resilient Indo-Pacific region, with ASEAN at its core. Since late-August, the IPE21 task group has engaged in a program of mutually supportive at-sea activities, training programs and capacity building with several partners in the region. The three-month deployment involves around 700 people, including Australian defence and civilian personnel and participants from partner nations. These include Captain Constancio Reyes from the Philippine Navy, who we are...