MANILA - The Philippines and Australia will pursue stronger collaboration in the fields of defense and logistics. This, as the Department of National Defense (DND) hosted the 21st Philippines-Australia Defense Cooperation Working Group (DCWG) from June 15 to 17 in Makati City. In a statement Wednesday, DND spokesperson Arsenio Andolong said the event is the first in-person bilateral dialogue hosted by the agency since the coronavirus pandemic started in 2020. "A reception was held on June 15, 2022 to kickstart the activity, followed by the Inaugural Logistics Working Group (LWG) Meeting between the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics (OJ4), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Joint Logistics Command (JLC), Australian Defence Force (ADF) on June 16, 2022, where they discussed the implementation of the Philippines-Australia Arrangement on the Provision of Mutual Logistic Support (MLSA) following its signing in 2021," he added. Both the Philippine and Austral