00:00Sir, do you know what's the wisdom behind the creation of the Task Force Philippines between the Philippines and the United States?
00:09Because it is basically organizing ourselves into a more cohesive unit
00:20in terms of the protection of the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea,
00:29the West Philippine Sea for us.
00:31So, yun lang naman yun.
00:34Because as members of the military, you know, they have to establish procedure so as to be able to operate together.
00:44And iba yung participants ngayon.
00:47Iba yung vessels na pinadala na Amerika.
00:50Iba yung gagamitin ng Navy natin.
00:53So, we have to put together a new structure.
00:57To make maximum use of the time that we are doing these exercises.
01:06Sir, to follow up lang po, how will this new Task Force be different sa ibang pa po natin partnership with the U.S.?
01:12And do you see this as a mechanism that will ease the tension and aggressive actions of China in the West Philippine Sea?
01:20Well, at the very least, what is, the difference is because the vessels are different.
01:27So, you know, we have to work, we have to learn how to work with a different set of parameters, military parameters.
01:41And that's what's the basic difference.
01:43It will not lower.
01:44It will not, sorry, it is, it will, I hope it will lower the tensions in West Philippine Sea.
01:51It will certainly not heighten them.
01:52Because it's not something new.
01:55Wala namang bagong ginagawa.
01:57Nagkaka-hydening lang ang tension kapag may sumubok ng bago.
02:02Nasaan ilang dati hindi ginagawa, bigla nalang gagawin.
02:06Yun, nagkaka-maka-attention.
02:09And that's, uh, that's not what's going to happen yet.
02:12Thank you, sir.
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