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Philippines reaches out to mend ties with China

WE support the efforts by the government and private groups to foster bilateral relations between the Philippines and China. China has been upset with the administration's moves to modernize security cooperation with the United States, including the renewal and expansion of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). But as President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said recently, the Philippines was not moving away from China.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., with Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian, attends the ceremony for the Award for Promoting Philippines-China Understanding (APPCU) at the Manila Hotel, on Thursday, June 8, 2023. The Manila Times columnist Ambassador Rigoberto D. Tiglao was named Outstanding Contribution Awardee while former executive secretary Salvador Medialdea received the Hall of Fame award for former ex-president Rodrigo Duterte. MIKE ALQUINTOPresident Ferdinand Marcos Jr., with Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian, attends the ceremony for the Award for Promoting Philippines-China Understanding (APPCU) at the Manila Hotel, on Thursday, June 8, 2023. The Manila Times columnist Ambassador Rigoberto D. Tiglao was named Outstanding Contribution Awardee while former executive secretary Salvador Medialdea received the Hall of Fame award for former ex-president Rodrigo Duterte. MIKE ALQUINTO

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., with Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian, attends the ceremony for the Award for Promoting Philippines-China Understanding (APPCU) at the Manila Hotel, on Thursday, June 8, 2023. The Manila Times columnist Ambassador Rigoberto D. Tiglao was named Outstanding Contribution Awardee while former executive secretary Salvador Medialdea received the Hall of Fame award for former ex-president Rodrigo Duterte. MIKE ALQUINTO

“It is my firm belief that our relationship must not be defined by our innate differences,” Mr. Marcos said in an event of the Association for Philippines-China Understanding (APCU). “We may have such differences, all friends do,” he said, adding that his government remained committed to bringing the two countries closer together.

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