Th? In?i?n ??v??nm?nt h?s ?xt?n??? ? ??n????s ????? t? th? Phili??in?s ?? ???vi?in? ?t l??st s?v?n h?lic??t??s ??? th? Phili??in? C??st G???? (PCG).
This initi?tiv? is ?im?? ?t ?nh?ncin? th? PCG’s c????iliti?s in ??????min? c??ci?l ??sc?? ?n? h?m?nit??i?n missi?ns. P??si??nt F???in?n? R. M??c?s J?. ?m?h?siz?? th? v?l?? ?? In?i?’s ?????, ?ckn?wl???in? th?t it will si?ni?ic?ntl? c?nt?i??t? t? ??lst??in? th? Phili??in?s’ c???cit? ??? c??st ????? ?????ti?ns, ???tic?l??l? in s???ch ?n? ??sc?? missi?ns. Th? P??si??nt m??? th?s? st?t?m?nts ???in? ? c???t?s? c?ll with His Exc?ll?nc? Sh?m?h? K?m???n, th? In?i?n Am??ss???? t? th? Phili??in?s. Th?i? ?isc?ssi?ns ?ls? ??v?lv?? ????n? st??n?th?nin? th? ?il?t???l ??l?ti?ns ??tw??n th? tw? n?ti?ns.
Am??ss???? K?m???n ?iscl?s?? th?t ?isc?ssi?ns ??? ?l????? ?n???w?? ??tw??n th? In?i?n ??v??nm?nt, th? PCG, ?n? th? D????tm?nt ?? T??ns???t?ti?n (DOT?) ??????in? th? ???c???m?nt ?? s?v?n h?lic??t??s ??? th? PCG. Th? Phili??in? C??st G???? ?????t?s ?n??? th? ?m???ll? ?? th? DOT?. K?m???n ?n???sc???? th? s?it??ilit? ?? th? In?i?n h?lic??t??s, n?tin? th?t th?? ??? ??i?in?ll? ??si?n?? ??? In?i?’s N?v? ?n? C??st G???? ?n? ??? c????l? ?? s?????tin? m??? ????st s?c??it? ?????ti?ns, in ???iti?n t? h?vin? ? ????t?? c???cit? ??? c????in? ??th ???s?nn?l ?n? c????. H? ?x???ss?? ??timism th?t this c?ll?????tiv? ?????t w??l? ?? ? hi?hl? ??sitiv? ??v?l??m?nt ??? th? Phili??in?s.
It is w??th n?tin? th?t th? h?lic??t??s in ???sti?n ??? ??li?v?? t? ?? HAL Dh??v h?lic??t??s. Th?s? v??s?til? ?tilit? h?lic??t??s, ??si?n?? ?n? ??v?l???? ?? Hin??st?n A???n??tics Limit?? (HAL), h?v? ???n ? c??ci?l ???t ?? In?i?’s milit??? ?n? civil ?vi?ti?n l?n?sc??? sinc? th?i? int????cti?n in 2002. Th?? ??? ????t??l? t? v??i??s ??l?s, incl??in? t??ns???t, ?tilit?, ??c?nn?iss?nc?, ?n? m??ic?l ?v?c??ti?n. Th? Phili??in? C??st G????’s int???st in ???c??in? th?s? Dh??v h?lic??t??s is ??tlin?? in th? HAL Ann??l R????t ??? 2020-21, which m?nti?ns th? ??ssi?ilit? ?? ?c??i?in? s?v?n Dh??vs th????h In?i?n-??s?? c???it. Th?s? h?lic??t??s, with th?i? ???v?n ??????m?nc?, ??? ?x??ct?? t? si?ni?ic?ntl? ?nh?nc? th? PCG’s ?????ti?n?l c????iliti?s.
Th? c?ntin??? ???tn??shi? ??tw??n In?i? ?n? th? Phili??in?s is ?m?l?m?tic ?? th? n?ti?ns’ c?mmitm?nt t? st??n?th?nin? th?i? ?il?t???l ??l?ti?ns ?n? c??????ti?n in ????s s?ch ?s m??itim? s?c??it? ?n? h?m?nit??i?n ?????ts. This ??n????s ????? ?? h?lic??t??s ???m th? In?i?n ??v??nm?nt is ? t?st?m?nt t? th? ?n???in? ??i?n?shi? ??tw??n th? tw? c??nt?i?s ?n? th?i? sh???? ???ic?ti?n t? ???m?tin? ???i?n?l s???t? ?n? st??ilit?.
As th?s? ?isc?ssi?ns ??????ss ?n? th? ???c???m?nt ?l?n ??v?nc?s, th? Phili??in? C??st G???? is ??is?? t? ??c?iv? ? v?l???l? ???iti?n t? its ?l??t, ??in???cin? its ??ilit? t? ??s??n? ????ctiv?l? t? ? wi?? ??n?? ?? m??itim? ch?ll?n??s ?n? ?m????nci?s in th? ???i?n.
