Hindi dapat mangialam ang Tsina sa alyansa ng Pilipinas at US — maritime law expert
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00:00The Philippine and U.S. Navy have trained a number of ships in the West Philippine Sea.
00:05This will further strengthen their interoperability and co-operative capability.
00:10Meanwhile, a number of experts have spent US$500 million in military financing in the Philippines.
00:18Patrick De Jesus has the details.
00:20This Wednesday, the Philippine Navy and U.S. Navy ships BRP Ramon Alcaraz and USS Mobile sailed together in the West Philippine Sea.
00:35This is part of the maritime co-operative activity of the two countries
00:39that was carried out inside the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines from Palawan.
00:44Among the exercises were communications check exercise, division tactics, and cross-deck exercise.
00:52The MCA aims to further strengthen the interoperability and co-operative capability of the Philippine Navy and U.S. Navy.
01:01Next is the 2-plus-2 ministerial dialogue between the Philippines and the United States.
01:07According to the AFP, no Chinese ship was monitored while the joint sail was being carried out.
01:15Meanwhile, China has weakened in giving the U.S. 500 million U.S. dollars in military financing in the Philippines,
01:23which will primarily be used in the modernization of the AFP and PCG.
01:28According to a spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry,
01:32this alliance will be the cause of destabilization and more heated attention in the region.
01:39Their request for security assurance from the outside force will result in greater insecurity.
01:47According to a maritime law expert, China should not be aware of the alliance of the country with America.
01:55China does not care that we are a sovereign nation, that we have our own land and our own interests.
02:02It does not respect that and it always says that we are just a puppet of the U.S.
02:07They look down on us.
02:10Through this, I think we can show that it should not be like that.
02:14You should respect the Philippines.
02:17They should respect the Philippines as their own country with their own interests.
02:21And we will do what we need to do to defend these interests.
02:25A political expert also referred to the progressive groups that oppose the military grant of the U.S. in the Philippines.
02:34Now, they will say that we should be objective, we should be neutral.
02:38They do not look down on us.
02:39When we rely on America, we are not yet obliged to America.
02:43So what option do we have?
02:44We rely on other countries, we rely on China.
02:48It is clear that what we need to think about is the interests of the country.
02:53Every kilo has a purpose.
02:56But what this means is that this is what will happen.
02:59We think it is very negative.
03:02What we should pay attention to is to strengthen our military forces and the Coast Guard.
03:10Until the purpose is fulfilled.
03:13Aside from military assistance, there is also an additional $128 million investment for EDCA sites.
03:21Patrick De Jesus for Pambansan TV in Bagong, Philippines.