美國承諾向菲律賓提供四千萬美元軍事援助
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has announced $40 million in new military aid to the Philippines.
Kerry made the announcement Tuesday in Manila, where he is meeting with Philippines Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario and President Benigno Aquino.
The aid will help improve the Philippines' maritime defense capabilities and boost counterterrorism operations against a Muslim insurgency in the south.
It comes on top of a $32 million package announced Monday to help Southeast Asian countries protect their territorial waters, including $18 million for Vietnam.美國國務卿克里宣佈向菲律賓提供四千億美元的新援助。
星期二克里在馬尼拉作出上述宣佈。他會晤了菲律賓總統阿基諾和外長德爾羅薩里奧。
美國的新援助將幫助改善菲律賓的海上防衛能力，加強針對該國南部的穆斯林反叛力量的反恐鬥爭。
新援助是星期一宣佈的三千二百億美元的援助的附加部分。星期一宣佈的援助是爲了幫助東南亞國家保護領海。其中包括給越南的一千八百萬美元。
