PH elevates defense ties with Lithuania to counter 'common threats'

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The Philippines forged a stronger partnership with Lithuania to counter “common threats”, particularly in the West Philippine Sea and Baltic Sea. (MB video by Martin Sadongdong)  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/06/30/ph-elevates-defense-ties-with-lithuania-to-counter-common-threats  Join this channel to get access to perks:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5664f6TkaeHgwBly50DWZQ/join   Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin   Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin  Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin  Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin   #ManilaBulletinOnline  #ManilaBulletin  #LatestNews

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00:00During this visit, we will find an arrival of understanding that elevates our defense

00:05cooperation to a new level.

00:07This MOU is not supported.

00:09It's a framework for an individual cooperation, and we are really hoping that it will develop

00:14the health plan that will provide us with a framework for further cooperation.

00:19Our strategic commitment to the Indo-Pacific is laid out in our new strategy for defense

00:24and security engagement in this region, which was announced last month.

00:28And we already have some defense engagements with Philippines.

00:31Last year, the Philippines took part in our biggest cyber exercise, Emberness.

00:36And this year, the Ukrainian Observer participating in Bajakata military exercise.

00:42We are looking forward to continuing these activities.

00:45And in addition, we see great potential for cooperation with Philippines in many areas,

00:51such as maritime security, including challenges related to shadow fleets by some big countries,

00:57our neighbors operating in South China Sea and Baltic Sea, and protection of digital underworld

01:02infrastructure, hybrid threat and disinformation, cyber security, exchange of intelligence, military

01:08exchange including training, civil defense and crisis response, defense industry, and also

01:15migration.

01:16Based on national security challenges, we feel that it would be very useful to have less population

01:22from the former Soviet Russia territory and more people who are Catholic, English-speaking,

01:28and pro-Western and really have very common values with us.

01:33And also issues on support of Ukraine to be discussed and work together on.

01:37And our meeting today is about complete deliverables.

01:41And I look forward to productive conversation with Secretary of National Defense, Gilberto Teodoro,

01:46and to building a resilient, future-focused partnership between our two nations.

01:51Indeed, your visit is most welcome.

01:54And we also are awaiting the visit of your Prime Minister to visit our President.

02:02I believe a little bit of context also to this visit.

02:07During the last Shangri-La Dialogue, the Minister and I had the chance to exchange a lot of ideas,

02:16not only bilaterally but we sat on the same panel about extra-regional cooperation.

02:23And this is one of the outcomes, this visit is one of the outcomes of the extra-regional partnerships

02:33that smaller countries in particular, like the Philippines and Lithuania, need to build.

02:40Because we see common threats, common challenges, not only of threat actors but also of situational considerations.

02:52There is also a lot to learn from Lithuania in technology, in resilience, as the extensive topics

03:05that were stated by Her Excellency the Minister earlier.

03:10And we look forward to deepening our ties with Lithuania.

03:22The next part is to help us see the leader of Lithuania in the future.

03:25Yes, I believe, in Beano, not just us, in our country.

03:26The Pacific is a different aspect of the organization.

03:28We look forward to this, and looking forward to this new project,

03:30we are doing the training of Lithuania.

03:31We look forward to our 2022 campaign.

03:32We look forward to this, which is a good topic.

03:34We look forward to this, but we aim to make this great kickdown.

03:36And we see a few parts of Lithuania here.

03:37And we see a lot of their leader of Lithuania.

03:38The days of Lithuania here, we look forward to this opportunity.

03:40We look forward to this new project.

03:43And we look forward to the perspective of Lithuania.

03:44And we're looking forward to the expectation of Lithuania and to theزuania.

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