Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri is hoping that President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. will start the initial discussion on a possible Visiting Forces Agreement with Japan during the latter's meeting with Prime Minister Kishida Fumio.
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri is hoping that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. will start the initial discussion on a possible Visiting Forces Agreement with Japan during the latter's meeting with Prime Minister Kishida Fumio.In a statement, Zubiri said the upcoming meeting between Marcos and Kishida is an "opportune time" to go into initial talks about the agreement.
"Given all the benefits we stand to gain from the VFA, I am hopeful that we will be able to begin formal discussions about it soon, and I am pretty certain that we will be able to garner enough support in the Senate for it," he added. “Apart from the VFA being crucial to building up our security and defense, it will also be massively helpful to us in times of natural calamities and disasters,” he added.
But Marcos mentioned that Japan has been supporting the PCG's maritime security mandate by providing patrol vessels.
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