00:00Itinuturing ni Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. na magiging magandang partner ng Pilipinas ang Russia sa pag-develop ng sariling
00:07nuclear energy.
00:09Sinagot din ang Pangulo ang ilang tanong tungkol sa balikatan exercises sa isang panayam sa Russian television.
00:15May report si Gav Villegas.
00:20Nakikita ng Pilipinas na isa sa mahalagang partner ang bansang Russia para sa pag-develop nito ng sariling nuclear energy.
00:28Sa naging TV interview kay Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. sa sidelines ng ASEAN-Russia Commemorative Summit sa Kazan, Russia,
00:36sinabi ng Pangulo na nakikita nito na advanced ang Russia pagdating sa mga small nuclear reactors.
00:42There are two elements to that. One is the technology. Is the technology ready to be used as an actual
00:53power source?
00:53And in that regard, I think Russia is the most advanced, especially when we talk about small modular reactors.
01:05Russia is actually one of the most, if not the most advanced, in terms of making the technology available to
01:16the general public.
01:17There are many pilot projects around the world in SMR. Many, many projects.
01:24But it's only, I think, Russia that has some commercial actual plants that are running that are no longer pilot
01:32projects or experimental projects.
01:35Isa rin sa natalakay sa naging pagpupulong ni na Pangulong Marcos at Russian President Vladimir Putin,
01:40ang paglipat mula sa paggamit ng fossil fuel patungo sa paggamit ng renewable energy dahil na rin sa nangyaring krisis
01:48dulot ng kaguluhan sa Middle East.
01:51Anya, naiiba ang alok na Russia kumpara sa ibang mga bansa na nag-aalok na tumulong sa pagkakaroon ng nuclear
01:58energy sa Pilipinas.
01:59The offer that we get from other countries in terms of any kind of nuclear power, nuclear power generation, has
02:07been to build plants.
02:09Russia talks about building an ecosystem around those plants, not just a single, just come and construct the plant and
02:17go away.
02:18It includes trading, it includes a transfer of technology, it includes research and development.
02:23If we could transfer that kind of program to the Philippines, it would be to great advantage, especially with the
02:31advent of data centers, of AI, with the exponential demand that it requires for power.
02:40We have to examine all the possibilities and all the potentials, then that is one of the best ones. Nuclear
02:46power is one of the best, best possibilities.
02:49Nang matanong ang Pangulo patungkol sa paligatan exercise, iginit nito na bahagi ito ng sovereign rights ng Pilipinas na protektahan
02:57ang teritoryo nito.
02:59Ito ay matapos sumali na rin ang Japan sa nasabing aktividad kung saan sinasabi ng China na pinagmumulan umano ito
03:06ng tensyon sa regyon.
03:08We are not promoting the foreign policy of anybody else. We are simply trying to make sure that the defense
03:17of the Philippines, should it come to that, is solid.
03:21And we, of course, we welcome any partners and allies who will help us in that regard.
03:29And we certainly have no interest in starting any kind of confrontation with anyone.
03:36We like to make clear that the Philippines does not promote the foreign policy of any other country, no matter
03:43how close they are to us.
03:45The Philippines promotes the foreign policy of the Philippines.
03:48And I can, I always describe, the Philippine foreign policy is very simply explained.
03:57The Philippine foreign policy is national interest first and peace.
04:02And that is all that the Philippines is interested in.
04:05Gab Humilde Villegas, Para sa Bayan.
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