Truth Knows No Borders: Teodoro Counters China’s Disinformation, Reaffirms ASEAN Unity and International Law

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Truth Knows No Borders: Teodoro Counters China’s Disinformation, Reaffirms ASEAN Unity and International Law    At the 2025 Shangri-La Dialogue, the Philippines didn’t just speak—it stood firm. Against China’s loaded narratives and propaganda-laced questions, Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. reaffirmed ASEAN unity, upheld UNCLOS, and called out the real threat: coercion disguised as diplomacy.  In this critical moment, the Philippines stood not just for itself—but for the sovereign rights of all smaller states.  🌏 Law is our anchor. Truth is our compass.  📢 Watch and share. Defend the facts. Expose the fiction. #TruthKnowsNoBorders #ASEANUnity #UNCLOS #ShangriLa2025 #SLD25 #StandWithSovereignty #WestPhilippineSea

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00:00In a world clouded by loaded questions and false comparisons,

00:04the Philippines stood firm with facts and sovereignty.

00:08No country in the world supports the nine-dash-line claim of China.

00:15During the 2025 Shangri-La dialogue, Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr.

00:22defended ASEAN Unity International Law and the sovereign rights of nations

00:27against attempts to twist the truth. Previously, he exposed China's propaganda disguised as

00:33questions. This time, he laid out why ASEAN's unity must not be manipulated.

00:39ASEAN should not allow other parties to define what ASEAN's centrality means and not to use ASEAN's

00:50perceived action or inaction as a wedge to drive divisions amongst us. We also had a consensus

01:01that we are involving common positions and the mere fact that we have members in ASEAN with overlapping

01:12claims. Because of our behavior, we trust each other not to take unfair advantage of the situation.

01:23And this is the spirit that must continue in ASEAN. This is the spirit of multilateralism.

01:30It should have no borders. And certainly, as an ASEAN brother, the Philippines will stand up

01:38with that ASEAN brother in time of need in support and in defense of what is international law and unclosed.

01:51No country in the world supports the nine-dash-line claim of China. None have agreed with China and none has

02:03condemned the Philippines for standing up against China in the face of a threat to its territorial

02:10integrity and sovereignty. I, for one, cannot trust a country which imposes, represses its own people.

02:22Let us not forget that while we are members of ASEAN, we are sovereign countries,

02:28each with its own territorial integrity and sovereignty. The Philippines did not stay silent.

02:36It stood for law. It stood for ASEAN. And it stood for the truth.

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