Clearly, these are dangerous times, and the Philippines, by geographical proximity and its own active alliances, would surely be embroiled
Last August 30, I was invited to speak before a forum sponsored by the De la Salle University’s School of International Studies, on the subject “Philippines -Taiwan Relations: Challenges and Opportunities in the Evolving Regional Security EnvironmentA.”
For my part, as former chairman and resident representative of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office from the start of the Duterte administration in 2016 up to July 2021, when I resigned because of active participation in the last elections, I first discussed the challenges to generating better economic cooperation and investments from our prosperous neighbor.
MECO succeeded in signing a new bilateral trade agreement with Taiwan in 2017, the first in ASEAN, and by November of the same year, to enhance tourism exchanges, the Taiwan government allowed visa-free entry for Filipinos for a 14-day stay, a policy which has been extended through the years, save for the pandemic period, and which has just been recently renewed.
My main concern when I was head of MECO was how to safely secure our 160,000 OFWs, plus other nationals in the event hostilities erupted between China and Taiwan. I then segued into my final statement that we should all strive for peace in Taiwan and the straits that surround the island, that both sides will realize that war is a lose-lose situation, especially since most of the protagonists come from the same race.
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