00:00The Department of National Defense gave a statement that the alliance between the Philippines and the United States remains strong
00:06while US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the country.
00:10According to DND Assistant Secretary Arsenio Andulong,
00:13the Philippines is the first country visited by Hegseth in the Asia-Pacific region
00:17that proves that the United States is giving importance to its relationship with the country.
00:22Andulong explained that one of Hegseth's main agenda is to know what is happening in the country's security issues,
00:29particularly in the West Philippine Sea, where Hegseth expressed his support
00:33to be the tools used in conducting exercises to strengthen the interoperability of the country.
00:40Additionally, while the new Trump administration is in office,
00:44they have also seen an indication that the United States continues to support the country
00:50and will not be affected by the reduction of assistance from the USA to NATO.
00:55We can say that we have the same interests here, which is peace and security in the Indo-Pacific
01:07and freedom of navigation. That is what is important to our two countries.
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