Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo on Monday raised concerns about the tensions in the Taiwan Strait, stressing that the Philippines may suffer from “really adverse repercussions” because of it.
During the Center for Strategic and International Studies forum held in Washington D.C., Manalo noted that there are 150,000 to 200,000 Filipinos living and working in Taiwan, which just sits north of the Philippines.
“We have always been very concerned if tensions escalate. Of course, there have always been tensions. But occasionally they tend to erupt and become more intense. And so we naturally look with concern at that,” Domingo added.amid rising tensions in the Taiwan Strait. in the Taiwan Strait after the designation of new Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement sites with the United States in Luzon.
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., however, maintained on Monday that the four additional EDCA sitesMarcos also said China has nothing to worry about these additional military facilities as the Philippine government is only enhancing the country's defense posture.
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