00:01Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says Manila is open to forging a Status of Visiting Forces Agreement with Berlin.
00:07The increased security and defense ties are revealed in a press conference Tuesday, June 16,
00:12during the state visit of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
00:16The trip marks the first visit by a German head of state to the Philippines in 63 years.
00:20With the volatility that is happening in the geopolitical world right now,
00:28the best path to stability is to have partnerships, is to have a wide base of alliances.
00:37If the VFA, if we came to an agreement and we feel that it is time to have it,
00:42the Philippines would certainly entertain that possibility very warmly.
00:47In 2025, the Philippines and Germany signed a Defense Cooperation Agreement.
00:51In the same press conference, Marcos talks about corruption in government.
00:55We have to find those who have, those who are found to be, to be,
01:01to be part of this system of corruption,
01:06that they will be punished and that they will provide restitution to the Philippine,
01:13the Filipino people.
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