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00:00The Philippines and New Zealand are working to strengthen the military and maritime security of the two countries.
00:10J.P. Soriano has the first news.
00:16In the midst of the ongoing tensions in the West Philippine Sea,
00:19more and more countries want to have a stronger relationship with the Philippines
00:25when it comes to military and defense agreements.
00:28New Zealand was the first country to announce the success of the first round of talks between the two countries for a visiting forces agreement.
00:40There is strong political commitment to concluding a status of visiting forces agreement
00:47and officials met recently for productive and constructive discussions.
00:55Through the status of visiting forces agreement or ZOVFA,
00:59the military and maritime security of the Philippines and New Zealand is expected to be strengthened.
01:06The Philippines has had similar agreements with the United States, Japan, Australia, France, and Canada.
01:13Although the ZOVFA did not apply to any country,
01:17New Zealand is one of the countries that used to be in charge of the aggressive actions of the China Coast Guard in the West Philippine Sea.
01:25That's why more and more allied countries are better for the Philippines, according to Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro.
01:33Both countries and multilateral countries' initiative to resist China's unilateral narrative to change international law.
01:44So, the BFA with New Zealand will be very important for us for that purpose.
01:54Teodoro said that this is one of the initiatives of the New Zealand Embassy in the Philippines that is promoting their Waitangi Day.
02:02Teodoro was also asked about the strengthening of the China Coast Guard and continued patrolling
02:09near the mainland areas of Luzon, which is inside the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines.
02:24The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that they have the right to conduct maritime patrols in the West Philippine Sea as part of their territory.
02:35The United Nations Arbitral Tribunal even denied all these claims of China and its involvement in the Philippines in 2016.
02:45This is the first news of J.P. Soriano for GMA Integrated News.
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