MANILA (The Thursday Times) — Australia aur Philippines ne itwar ko Manila mein difai taawun ke ek updated intezam par dastakhat kiye, jis ka maqsad fauji taawun ko tez karna aur mutanaza South China Sea mein deterrence ko mazboot banana hai.
Difai taawun ka yeh intezam ek leaders’ meeting ke mauqe par tay paya jis mein Australia ke wazir-e-azam Anthony Albanese shareek thay. Philippines ke wazir-e-difa Gilberto Teodoro aur Philippines mein Australia ke safeer Marc Innes-Brown ne dastakhat shuda dastaweyzat utha rakhi thin. Yeh intezam dono mulkon ke darmiyan kai dehaiyon purani yaaddasht ko update karta hai.
Rabta kaari mein tezi
Teodoro ne kaha ke is muahide se rabta kaari tez aur amal aasan ho jata hai, aur is se Philippines ki apne daaira-e-ikhtiyar ke ilaqon mein difai position ko sahara mile ga. Unhon ne mazeed kaha ke is se Philippine afwaj ko Australian saz-o-saman aur hathiyaron se waqfiyat hogi, jis se mushtarka tarbiyat aasan hogi.
Australia ke wazir-e-difa Richard Marles ne baad mein jari bayan mein kaha ke is intezam se dono afwaj ke darmiyan amli taawun gehra hoga. Bayan mein behri sargarmiyon mein izafa, maloomat ke tabadle aur difai infrastructure ki tameer ko is ke kaleedi anasir ke taur par ginwaya gaya hai.
Mojooda taalluqaat par istawar
Dono mulkon ke darmiyan 2012 se visiting forces muahida mojood hai, jis ke tehat un ke fauji aik dosre ki sarzameen par tarbiyat kar sakte hain, aur unhon ne South China Sea mein mushtarka behri gasht aur zameeni mashqon ka daira bhi barhaya hai. August 2025 mein jab dono wuzara-e-difa ne irade ke ek bayan par dastakhat kiye thay to Marles ne kaha tha ke woh aik saal ke andar yeh intezam mukammal karna chahte hain, jabke Teodoro ne kaha tha ke yeh mojooda taawun ko bazabta shakl de ga aur qanooni taur par paband bahami difai zimmedariyan paida nahin kare ga.
Beijing taqriban poore South China Sea par daawa karta hai, halanke ek bain-ul-aqwami faisle mein kaha gaya ke us ke mauqif ki koi qanooni bunyad nahin. Guzishta mah Philippines mein ASEAN ke difai sarbarahan ke ijlas mein Marles ne kaha tha ke China ki fauji tawseeh Junoob Mashriqi Asia mein “dabao ki kaifiyat” paida kar rahi hai, aur unhon ne ittehadiyon aur sharakat daron par zor diya ke woh taawun gehra karen.
Itwar ka yeh dastakhat us waqt hua jab Manila 49ven ASEAN sarbarahi ijlas ki mezbani kar raha hai, jahan Canada ne bhi Philippines aur bloc ke sath tijarati muahide mukammal kiye.
