00:00Because we want to lay the foundation of principled cooperation between the two of our countries.
00:11Given the fact that we live in the same part of the world, we have an interest in ensuring
00:16peace and stability here.
00:19And the only framework we can operate on is on the basis of the UN Charter and international
00:24law and to resist any unilateral attempts of redefining it to the selfish interest of
00:32any one state.
00:33We also agreed to share further intelligence information on counterterrorism and on other
00:42mutually – on security threats that we feel affect our countries, both our countries.
00:52I really don't expect some sort of a statement from Mr. Trump, hopefully not.
01:03I really don't have any preconditions or any assumptions as to what will be the outcome
01:12of his administration, except on what we are working on, on institutional ties this time.
01:18Given the fact that we have an interest, both the United States and the Philippines,
01:23in ensuring that our partnership continue because – not totally, but principally because
01:30of shared threats, and that is undoubtedly the overreach and the aggressive and illegal
01:39activities of China.
01:42And if that changes, then maybe the calculus changes.
01:47What we see is an increasing demand by Beijing for us to concede our sovereign rights in
01:53the area because of our need to explore and exploit the resources in these areas for the
02:00benefit of our own people.
02:03And that is clear.
02:04We don't need to enter into a geopolitical nexus for determining the root cause of the
02:10problem because we are direct victims of Chinese aggression in this and in a concentrated
02:17area so far, thus far, in the West Philippine Sea.
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