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Marcos keynotes IISS Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore | Highlights 3/4  President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers his keynote speech at the IISS Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore on May 31, 2024 where he discussed, among others the Philippines' ongoing dispute with China, Asean centrality, the 'seven realities' in dealing with the conflict and what action his government would take if a Filipino dies during one of the China Coast Guard's incursions.  Video Courtesy of RTVM  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #themanilatimes  #tmtnews  #bongbongmarcos  #iiss

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00:00In the eyes of the international community, some of your Philippines' behavior in recent days,

00:05recent times, it now sounds like you really consider other parties' comfort level and there

00:14is a risk of ruining the regional long-earned, long-lasting peace since the end of the,

00:21you know, colonial history. What's your comments on that? Thank you very much.

00:26Well, I cannot imagine what you must be referring to if the reference or the allusion is to

00:35the Philippines somehow tearing apart what we have agreed on in terms of ASEAN centrality.

00:47Quite the contrary. I think if you examine more closely the remarks that I just made,

00:55I precisely focus on ASEAN centrality and that the principles that are laid down,

01:02that are involved in the concept of ASEAN centrality, are some things that we must use

01:08to guide us. And if we have been distracted in the past years or so, then it's time for us to

01:15return and remember once again what ASEAN was created for, and that is to create an aggravation

01:23of nations that have very many common interests and that partnerships within that multilateral

01:36organization can help each other and help the region. And so the Philippines still remains

01:46true to the principles that were established and upon which ASEAN was born. And I think,

01:56as I said, that many of these things we no longer speak of today, but we must because they are as

02:06relevant today as they ever were, perhaps even more so, because the global situation is a great

02:16deal more complicated than it used to be before. I would even go far as to say there is no such

02:23thing as a regional issue any longer. We have all experienced the unexpected effects of the war in

02:34Ukraine, of the conflict in the Middle East, and all of these, and when we talk about the South

02:43China Sea, we have to also remember that the South China Sea is the passageway for half of

02:52the world trade, and therefore the peace and stability of the South China Sea and the freedom

02:58of navigation of the South China Sea is a world issue. And that is what I am proposing, and I am

03:04saying that this is a yes, it is a regional issue, but we must examine and be part of the discussion.

03:12We must include all parties in the discussion, because now it is not just ASEAN member states

03:19who are stakeholders, and it is quite easy to see that it is in fact the entire world

03:26that have become stakeholders in the peace and stability of our region.

03:42Thank you.

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