REREBISAHIN ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas ang posibleng “tripartite agreement” ng Pilipinas sa dalawang “malapit na kaalyado” nito – ang Estados Unidos at Japan.
Inihayag ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr., ang bagay na ito sa sa panayam sa kanya ng Kyodo News, ayon sa Presidential Communications Office.
“Many other issues raised by the Philippine delegation in Tokyo are fostering alliances with its long-time partners.”
“It is something that we certainly are going to be studying upon my return to the Philippines,” ang pahayag pa ng Pangulo.
“I think just part of the continuing process of strengthening our alliances because in this rather confusing, and I dare say dangerous situations, that we have, I’m not talking only about the South China Sea, I’m not only talking about the Indo-Pacific region but, of course, there is a conflict still ongoing in Ukraine and the rather disturbing effects that it has all around the world,” aniya pa rin.
Idinagdag pa nito na ang tripartite agreement sa dalawang kaalyado ng Pilipinas ay “continuing and ongoing” process para sa mas matatag na alyansa.
Nauna nang napagkasunduan nina Pangulong Marcos at Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida na palakasin ang “defense at security relations” ng Maynila at Tokyo.
Nagkasundo din ang dalawang lider na magkaroon ng karagdagang bilateral discussions para tugunan ang regional at international situations, partikular na sa Indo-Pacific region. (CHRISTIAN DALE)
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