TOKYO — On the second day of his working go to, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday emphasised the significance of Japan’s help within the Philippines’ peace course of within the southern area of the nation.
In his speech throughout a courtesy name with members of the Japan-Philippines Parliament Friendship League, the President expressed gratitude to the Japanese authorities for its “unwavering support to the Philippine peace process and countless development assistance.”
“It has been a critical part of our peace process. It is a process that we have been undertaking for many, many years and I think and finally see the light at the end of the tunnel, the participation of the Japanese support in that peace process has been invaluable,” Marcos mentioned.
The President cited the Japan-Bangsamoro Initiatives for Reconstruction and Development (J-BIRD) program, which entails long-term help for governance, decommissioning and socio-economic growth.
The Japanese authorities, Marcos mentioned, has lengthy been supportive of the peace course of by way of varied mechanisms, notably the International Monitoring Team (IMT), the International Contact Group (ICG) and the Independent Commission on Policing (ICP).
The Presidential Communications Office, citing authorities figures, mentioned that from 2002 to 2019, Japan’s official growth help (ODA) for Mindanao’s peace and growth reached ¥51 billion.
Likewise, the Philippine chief government additionally thanked the Japanese authorities for giving Filipinos dwelling and dealing in Japan “a very good life.”
“Our countrymen are unanimous in their expressions of their own gratitude for how they have been accepted into the workforce—of the Japanese workforce— and into the society, of the fabric of Japanese society,” Marcos mentioned.
To date, the PCO mentioned there are round 300,000 Filipinos dwelling and dealing in Japan.
Marcos additionally invited members of the Japanese parliament to go to the Philippines to see the outcomes of the help repeatedly being given by their authorities to the Filipino individuals.
“Look at the effects of this support that you have been giving us, not only in southern Philippines but all the many—especially infrastructure projects that Japan has supported over the years,” the President mentioned.
Also current on the assembly with the group had been former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo; Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri; House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez; Special Assistant to the President, Secretary Antonio Ernesto Lagdameo Jr.; and Senator Mark Villar.
Meanwhile, JPPFL individuals had been members of the Japanese House of Representatives led by Chairman Moriyama Hiroshi, Vice Chairmen Okuno Shinsuke, Takemi Keizo and Nakagawa Masaharu.
Marcos, together with high Philippine authorities officers and business leaders, is at present on a five-day working go to right here. — BM, GMA Integrated News
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