MANILA - Citing the global rise in geopolitical tensions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, President Rodrigo Duterte issued a call for peace to leaders in areas affected by conflict, including the dispute i
n the South China Sea.
With this, he called UN member-states to fully implement the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Chemical and the Biological Weapons Conventions.The president also repeated the country’s commitment to “do everything and partner with anyone who would sincerely desire to protect the innocent from terrorism in all its manifestations.”
“Most importantly, we remain committed to rebuild stricken communities and address the root causes of terrorism and violent extremism in my country.” “To defeat the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges, we must work with seamless unity which demands complete mutual trust and the conviction that we will win or lose together,” he said.
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