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In a statement Thursday night, Galvez emphasized that the bilateral agreement does not seek to interfere with the domestic affairs of other nations.
“We did tackle the subject which is quite contentious because of the position we have with China but both of us agree that the mechanism should be bilateral and multilateral to try and engage with the Chinese and to take a position,” he said in an interview with ANC’s Headstart. Miyake said such cooperation is “a natural process,” given the changing security environment in the Indo-Pacific Region. A multilateral military cooperation with Australia is also ideal to maintain the status quo, he added.
He also added that the Department of National Defense is aiming to achieve an optimal number and locations of the EDCA sites to maximize their coverage of the Philippine archipelago. EDCA, along with the Visiting Forces Agreement, operationalizes the 1951 PH-US Mutual Defense Treaty . It was signed in 2014 but its implementation was delayed due to various reasons.
“These new EDCA locations will allow more rapid response for humanitarian and climate-related disasters in the Philippines, as well as respond to other shared challenges,” he added. “As a nation, we renounce war as a foreign policy. However, we are committed to exhaust all available means and the resources available to us to defend our national interests,” he added.
“I think it’s in the pipeline, we have to do this in order to maintain the status quo and prevent them from being changed by force. I think it’s a matter of time,” he added.
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