Manila, May 22 -- Dutch Navy warship HNLMS De Ruyter is in Manila for a three-day goodwill visit as part of the Netherlands' intensified efforts to strengthen maritime partnerships with countries in the Indo-Pacific.

The HNLMS De Ruyter (F804) will stay in Manila from Friday to Sunday (May 22 to 24) and is set to participate in various interoperability activities, including communication and maneuvering exercises with the Philippine Navy.

"[This is] to see how comfortable we are and how easily we can work together. For us, that's very important, and it provides us a lot of lessons on how we can operate with other partners we're not really used to work with now and in the future," the ship's commanding officer, Commander Rodger de Wit, t...