THIS is not poking the bear.

Pahayag ito ni Pangulong Marcos sa tanong kung hanggang saan aabot ang tulong ng Amerika sa pakikipag giyera sa China dahil sa pinag-aagawang lugar sa South China Sea.

Sa panayam ng Bloomberg television, sinabi ni Pangulong Marcos na hangga’t maari ay umiiwas sa gulo ang Pilipinas.

“Well, I really. We would like to take that take a step back from that question, that is precisely what we want to avoid. We want to do everything we possibly can together with our partners and our allies, to avoid that situation,” pahayag ni Pangulong Marcos.

“This is not poking the bear, as it were. We are trying to do quite the opposite. We are trying to keep things at a manageable level, to continue the dialogues, whatever they are, at every level. And we have initiated many of those dialogues, we have dialogues at the sub ministerial level, at the ministerial level and at the executive level. And so, I think that’s what we hope to continue because it would. there are many volatilities in the area, in the region,” dagdag ni Pangulong Marcos.

Aminado si Pangulong Marcos na lumalaki na ang banta sa Pilipinas.

“The threat has grown, and since the threat has grown, we must do more to defend our territory. And so maybe perhaps that’s what people are seeing is that a more robust defense of our territorial rights as recognized by the international community, through international law, through the UNCLOS, so we feel very close to that, we do not, we have not instigated any kind of conflict, we have not instigated any kind of confrontation,” pahayag ni Pangulong Marcos

Ito aniya ang dahilan kung kaya kailangan paigtingin ang depensa ng bansa.

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Chona Yu