Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines praise ‘zero kidnapping’ anti-piracy naval patrols

Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines have lauded the success of a 2017 agreement to conduct joint patrols and share intelligence about activities in waters in their region once prone to kidnappings, and pledged to deepen the pact.The defence ministers of the three countries praised the Trilateral Cooperation Agreement (TCA) after a meeting on the sidelines of the biennial Defence Services Asia trade show in Kuala Lumpur.The TCA was signed in 2017 amid a spate of piracy attacks and…