00:00Sir, the Chinese monster ship is in the West Philippine Sea for more than a month now.
00:11How are you going to respond to this?
00:12Will you change your approach because it doesn't seem to be leaving the area?
00:19We don't have the means to let it leave.
00:21It's not good if we have an aircraft carrier that has a destroyer, frigate, and submarine
00:28that we will send there so that they can push it far away.
00:32We don't have that.
00:33If it's a large and multiple ship, we are far from China.
00:40But our policy is that we will just continue to defend our sovereign territory and our
00:49territorial rights in the EEC.
00:52That's all.
00:53Whatever mission the Coast Guard or the Navy has to protect the territorial integrity
01:02of the Philippines, that's what they will do.
01:04They will continue to do that no matter what any other foreign power does.
01:09That is what we will do.
01:11When we detect the presence of a foreign vessel who is beginning to intrude or coming close
01:17already to our coastal waters, we will challenge them and we will make sure that they know
01:25that this is what they are doing is illegal.
01:28Of course, they will counter saying that they're doing regular peacekeeping patrols, law enforcement
01:35patrols.
01:38But they will always find the Philippine presence no matter what they do.
01:45Even if our ships are bombed, even if they use water cannons, lasers, or anything else
01:53to block us, the Philippines is always there.
01:56We will always be there protecting our territory.
02:00We will always be there making sure our fishermen are able to exercise their sovereign rights.
02:07They are always there.
02:09That's their mission.
02:11If their presence helps to...
02:14Because sometimes, they will make us leave even if it's a big ship, then better.
02:19Then they will have achieved what they are supposed to do while patrolling our waters.
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