President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Wednesday reiterated the nation’s “neutral foreign policy” as he emphasised that the Philippines will not be siding with any nation.
Marcos talked about this throughout a gathering with not too long ago appointed Filipino chiefs of mission and ambassadors in Malacañang Palace whereby he pressured that the Philippines has to deal with the altering occasions amid the current international scenario.
“We do not subscribe to any notion of a bipolar world. We only side, of course, to the Philippines, not to the US, not to Beijing, not to Moscow. That’s very much being independent in what we do,” Marcos stated
Last month at a discussion board in Washington, the President talked about the Philippines’ international coverage of being “a friend to all and enemy to none” as he pressured that the nation’s international coverage relies on selling peace and nationwide curiosity.
Meanwhile, Marcos additionally referred to as on Filipino ambassadors to repeatedly search for “non-traditional” companions with regards to commerce in addition to the safety and protection necessities of the nation.
“We are constantly now, after all the changes that have been imposed upon us, like the pandemic economy and the world situation, looking for what we sometimes referred to as non-traditional partners in trades, in any kind, in security and defense issues. All these things, we are always looking for partners,” Marcos stated.
The President additionally urged the envoys to discover and focus on with him the alternatives that may be useful to the nation and to Filipinos.
“I’m sure you have heard that we are prioritizing agriculture, energy, all of the infrastructure development, and digitalization. Now, if there are opportunities that would come up, you should explore them and if they’re promising enough, then we’ll take it up. We’ll try to see if something can come up. There’s no harm in trying and kung anuman ang mangyari, at least we tried,” he stated.
“So allow us to hold taking a look at these areas. And additionally what I discovered many occasions, you go there and also you speak about agri and one thing else comes up,” Marcos added.
Those who attended the assembly with the President have been Chief of Mission Carlos Deymek Sorreta, Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland; Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Henry Sicad Bensurto Jr. (Republic of Turkiye), Renato Pedro Oabel Villa (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), Raul Salavarria Hernandez (Sultanate of Oman), Paul Raymund Pasion Cortez (Portuguese Republic), Joel Francisco Ignacio (Republic of India), and Maria Angela Abrera Ponce (Malaysia). —VAL, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
