00:00Habang idiniraos ang pulong na ASEAN Defense Ministers at kanilang dialogue partners sa Cebu,
00:05iginit ng Chinese Defense Ministry na hinayaan ang Pilipinas sa isang politiko
00:09na abusuhin ang pagka-chairman ng Pilipinas sa ASEAN.
00:13Ang isang tagapagsalata ng China, yan ay para raw harangan ang paglahok ng China sa pulong.
00:18Ang tugon po dyan ng Defense Department sa pagsaksi,
00:21ni Luan May Rondina ng GMA Regional TV.
00:27Sa pagbubukas ng ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting Plus o ADMM Plus sa Cebu,
00:33iginit ni Defense Secretary Gilberto Chudoro Jr. na nakaangkla dapat
00:37ang pagtutulungan ng ASEAN at dialogue partners ito sa respeto sa isa't isa at pagsunod sa international law.
00:45Kabilang dito ang United Nations Charter at United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea o UNCLOS.
00:52ASEAN member states and dialogue partners share the same principles,
00:57such as respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity,
01:02non-interference in internal affairs,
01:05the peaceful settlement of disputes,
01:08and the renunciation of the threat or use of force.
01:14These principles have bound us over the decades and they must continue to guide us in the years ahead.
01:23Ang ADMM Plus ay binubuo ng Defense Ministers mula sa ASEAN at mga kinatawan ng Amerika, Australia, India, Japan, New
01:33Zealand, South Korea, Russia at China.
01:36Sa video mula sa ASEAN Philippines 2026, ilan sa kanila ang sinalubo ng Secretary Chudoro.
01:43Pero ang defense attaché ng China na si Senior Captain Yang Li,
01:48sinalubo ni Defense Undersecretary for Strategic Assessment and Planning Ignacio Madriaga,
01:54na chairman ng ASEAN Defense Senior Officials Meeting o ADSOM.
01:59Kamakailan, sunod-sunod ang mga pambabatikos ng Chinese Embassy kay Chudoro at iba pang opisyal ng Pilipinas.
02:06Kasunod yan ng mga panawagang ituring na persona ng grata si Chinese Ambassador Jing Kwan.
02:13Dahil sa sinabi nitong madaling mananalo ang China kung gagamit ito ng pwersa.
02:19Kanina, nag-post muli ang Chinese Embassy kaunay sa pahayat ng tagapagsalita ng kanilang Defense Ministry.
02:26Kung bakit defense attaché ang kanilang ipinadala at hindi ang kanilang defense minister.
02:32Ayon sa tagapagsalita, hinayaan umano ng Pilipinas ang isang politiko na abusuhin ang pagka-chairman ng Pilipinas sa ASEAN
02:41para harangan ang paglahok ng China sa ADMM+.
02:45Paglabagaan niya ito sa consensus through consultation na prinsipyo ng ASEAN
02:51at inundermine o pinahihi na umano nito ang karapatan ng China bilang negro ng ADMM+.
02:58Tugod dito ni Chudoro.
03:00So far as ASEAN is concerned, I do not believe our ASEAN member countries feel that way.
03:07If not, they would have let me know.
03:10So it is China's position, it is not ASEAN's position.
03:14No country has the right to characterize ASEAN processes except ASEAN member countries.
03:23They are dialogue partners.
03:25Dagdag din Chudoro, binigyan ng pagkakataon ng China na ihayag ang posisyon nito sa regional at maritime issues.
03:33How they are going to be heard is for ASEAN proper to determine and not anybody else.
03:41He specifically mentioned about the South China Sea.
03:45I don't, yes.
03:48Which also the Philippines have mentioned naturally as a matter of course.
03:53So it's not any different from what you would have come to expect their messaging to be.
04:03Tinanong din si Chudoro kung bakit hindi siya ang sumalubong sa defense attaché ng China.
04:09Well, there should be some parity in rank and in stature.
04:17So I think an undersecretary receiving an attaché that is already more than courteous.
04:25Ako si Luan Merandina ng GMA Regional TV, ang inyong saksi.
