The government has not received reports of overseas Filipino workers wanting to go back to the Philippines or expressing distress over the ongoing tension between China and Taiwan, a Department of Foreign Affairs official says.
— The government has not received reports of overseas Filipino workers wanting to go back to the Philippines or expressing distress over the ongoing tension between China and Taiwan, a Department of Foreign Affairs official said Tuesday.,’ Jose de Vega, DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs, said during the Laging Handa briefing.
[Translation: As far as Filipinos in Taiwan are concerned, we have not heard from anyone who wants to go home or is worried.
The MECO is the Philippines' de facto embassy in self-governing Taiwan in the absence of diplomatic ties between Manila and Taipei. Its functions, however, are non-political and non-security in nature in keeping with the One-China policy that recognizes the People’s Republic of China as the sole legitimate government of China.
"But we will not renounce the use of force, and we reserve the option of taking all necessary measures," he added.
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