00:00Bukas ang Pilipinas sa posibleng pagtatatag ng US ng Joint Ammunition Manufacturing and Storage Facility sa Subic Bay.
00:09Sa isang US House Committee on Appropriations Report nitong buwan, ipinagutos ng mga mambabatas doon sa US Department of Defense, US Department of State at International Development Finance Corporation na magkaroon ng feasibility study bilang bahagi ng Indo-Pacific Ammunition Manufacturing.
00:29Magiging daan din ito upang magkaroon ng Amerika ng forward staging ng ammunition stockpile sa Subic na dating US Naval Base hanggang 1991.
00:40Every production dito na makakatulong sa technological transfer, empleyo, revenue, e dito nga gagawin is welcome.
00:49At lalo-lalo na pag meron tayong sustainability portion na magagamit natin ang produkto.
01:00But on a purely commercial basis, ito ay defense industry na mag-e-employo ng Pilipino sa Special Export Processing Zone.
01:11Sa ngayon ay wala pang natatanggap na opisyal na proposal ng ating gobyerno, pero welcome ang panukala sa malalim na relasyon ngayon ng Pilipinas at US.
01:20Naturally, we will consider it and any production entity which will be of benefit to the Philippines and not only in terms of our resilience but improving, giving employment and other technological transfers is definitely encouraged, being a like-minded and a treaty partner in itself.
01:42Samantala, nasa Pilipinas ngayon si Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovele Shakaline para sa apat na araw na official visit.
01:51Dito ay nilagdaan nila ni Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. ang isang Memorandum of Understanding para pagtibayan pa ang defense cooperation sa pagkita ng Pilipinas at Lithuania.
02:02Kabilang narito ang cyber security, defense industry, munitions production cooperation at pagtugon sa hybrid threats at maritime security kagaya ng Pilipinas, may mga kinakaharap na hamon at kaparehong bantaang Lithuania pagdating sa kanilang seguridad.
02:20Kaya naman kapwa binigandiin ang dalawang defense official ang kahalagaan ng pagtindig kahit maliliit na bansa alinsunod sa international law.
02:30We have to connect our peoples, those who understand very clearly that freedom is not a given. Freedom is something you have to fight for and sometimes fight very, very hard.
02:42So therefore now we have a framework, now we have a way forward, now we have a clear understanding that it's going to take a lot of hard work, it's going to take a lot of resources, but our children, they deserve to live in a free world.
02:56The small nations, as our president has always said, need a firm voice in international affairs.
03:05And we both resist the nomenclature that we are mere agents of other large powers when our people bear the brunt of standing up for our own national interests and our own futures as we decide it.
03:25Patrick De Jesus para sa Pambansan TV sa Bagong Pilipina.
