00:00Inagdaan ang Pilipinas at Canada ang ilang kasunduan sa official visit ni Pangulong Bongbong Marcos sa Canada.
00:08Pagpapalakas niyan sa Strategic Partnership ng dalawang bansa.
00:13Mula mo o nakatutok live si Ivan Maylina. Ivan?
00:20Mel, inangat na sa Strategic Partnership ang ugdayan ng Pilipinas at Canada.
00:26Ang ibig sabihin niyan, mas pang matagalan at mas konkretong kooperasyon sa larangan ng seguridad, kalakalan at ekonomiya ang ugdayan
00:34ng dalawang bansa.
00:39Sa isang pulong ay nagpahayag muli ng suporta ang Canada sa posisyon ng Pilipinas sa issue sa West Philippine Sea
00:45at pagkilala sa UNCLOS at sa 2016 Arbitral Ruling na nagpawalang visa sa 9-9 Cleanman China na umaangkin sa
00:52halos buong South China Sea.
00:54I thank Canada for its vocal and consistent support for a rules-based order in the South China Sea
01:00under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea or UNCLOS
01:05and in upholding the arbitral award as final and legally binding.
01:09We uphold the decisions and squarely back the decisions of 2016
01:15that are directly relevant to the territorial waters and activities of the Philippines.
01:20Kaunay niyan kung kaya lumagda ang Pilipinas at Canada sa Visiting Forces Agreement noong nakarang taon
01:26at sa Mutual Logistics Support and Arrangement kapakailan,
01:29bahagi yan ang pag-level up na ugdayan ng dalawang bansa sa strategic partnership.
01:34Lumahok din ang Canadian Armed Forces sa balikat ng exercises sa unang pagkakataon ngayong taon.
01:39Bukod sa depensa, palalakasin din ang pagiging trade partners ng dalawang bansa.
01:42Prime Minister Kaunay and I reaffirmed our commitment
01:45to conclude the negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement this year
01:50to increase our bilateral trade, stand against economic coercion,
01:54and build a resilient supply chain.
01:57We're making good progress.
01:59It's an enormous opportunity to deepen that partnership.
02:03We have a prospect of tripling our bilateral trade both directions by 2035.
02:10Great opportunities for our business.
02:12Habang pinaplansya yan, may mga napirmahan ng mga ibang kasuduan
02:15may kaugnayan sa energy at natural resources,
02:18patit sa kultura, turismo, at labor at migration.
02:22Ang pag-angat sa strategic partnership taugnayan ng Pilipinas at Canada
02:25na taon sa pagkilala ng World Bank sa Pilipinas bilang upper middle income country.
02:30Bagamat lilimitahan nito ang akses sa Pilipinas sa mga pautang at iba pang tulong,
02:35hindi naman na ganyang grants o ayuda ang target ng bansa,
02:37kundi mga investment o puhunan na mas maingganyo ng bagong income status.
02:42That means, in a way, that can be interpreted as a World Bank saying you no longer need that.
02:49And we will replace that with investment.
02:52And that, I think, is a very, very important development for the Philippines and its economy.
03:24Thank you very much.
