PBBM, naniniwalang malaking bagay para sa Pilipinas ang kanyang pagharap sa Shangri-La Dialogue 2024
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00:00 The activities of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and his delegation
00:05 in his visit to Singapore are very exciting.
00:07 We now have Kenneth Paciente for the details.
00:11 Kenneth?
00:12 Yes, even though the keynote speech of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
00:23 will be held in Shangri-La Dialogue 2024, the executive board will have activities before that.
00:30 President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. believes that the impact of his visit to the world leaders
00:40 in the 21st edition of the International Institute for Strategic Studies or IISS,
00:46 Shangri-La Dialogue 2024 here in Singapore is great.
00:49 According to the President, it is a great thing to be invited to the forum that will signal
00:54 the recognition of the challenges that the Philippines is facing, as well as its territory.
00:59 It is also an opportunity to reach and expand the position of the Philippines to other countries
01:04 when it comes to the sovereignty of the territory.
01:06 And not only the Philippines, but this affects the region and it affects the world.
01:11 So what I will present in the Shangri-La forum the day after tomorrow is going to essentially
01:22 try to explain the position of the Philippines, both legally and geopolitically and diplomatically,
01:33 and how we see the ways forward for the Philippines and for the region.
01:42 The executive board also emphasized the importance of the West Philippine Sea
01:46 in the future not only in the Indo-Pacific region, but also in the whole world.
01:50 It really involves the global economy already. And so that is why I think
01:58 the Philippines position is going to be important in the decision-making
02:03 of many of the policy makers around the world.
02:06 According to Philippine Ambassador to Singapore Medardo Macaraig,
02:10 the President's keynote speech will be the starting point for the Shangri-La Dialogue.
02:15 You don't invite somebody here to be the keynote speaker and that the country he represents
02:23 not being important. So it's also something.
02:27 Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro will also be part of the Shangri-La Dialogue,
02:32 which will be held in high-level plenary sessions that discuss defense and diplomacy issues.
02:37 Defense ministers from other countries will also be invited.
02:41 Other DND officials and their counterparts will also be invited to discuss defense programs and projects.
02:48 ISS President-elect Prabowo Subianto and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd James Austin III
02:56 will also be invited to the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue.
03:00 He will also be a part of the bilateral meeting with the new President and Prime Minister of Singapore
03:06 to continue the good relationship between the two countries.
03:10 It will be a reaffirmation of our close ties, the reaffirmation of what we have agreed,
03:17 our commitments. And of course, they will also try to move forward with some proposals on both sides.
03:25 The President also has a bilateral meeting with the Republic of Lithuania Prime Minister Ingrida Simonay.
03:31 [Music]
03:33 Maan, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. had a private meeting today.
03:39 And during these times, we are going to go over the details of those meetings.
03:44 And here is the latest from Singapore. Back to you, Maan.
03:48 Thank you very much, Kenneth Paschad.