00:00Ikinukonsidera ng Pilipinas ang panukalang pagtatag ng U.S. ng Joint Ammunition Manufacturing Storage Facility sa Subic Bay.
00:08Samantala, ilang kasunduan naman ang pinagdibay sa pagbisita sa bansa ni Lithuanian Defense Minister W.S. Akalyen
00:15na makakatulong sa seguridad at depensa ng Pilipinas.
00:18Si Patrick De Sous sa report.
00:20Bukas ang Pilipinas sa posibleng pagtatag ng U.S. ng Joint Ammunition Manufacturing and Storage Facility sa Subic Bay.
00:31Sa isang U.S. House Committee on Appropriations report nitong buwan, ipinagutos ng mga mambabatas doon sa U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of State at International Development Finance Corporation
00:45na magkaroon ng feasibility study bilang bahagi ng Indo-Pacific Ammunition Manufacturing.
00:52Magiging daan din ito upang magkaroon ng Amerika ng forward staging ng ammunition stockpile sa Subic na dating U.S. naval base hanggang 1991.
01:02Any production dito na makakatulong sa technological transfer, empleyo, revenue, e dito nga gagawin is welcome.
01:10At lalo-lalo na pag meron tayong sustainability portion na magagamit natin ang produkto.
01:21But on a purely commercial basis, ito ay defense industry na mag-e-employo ng Pilipino sa Special Export Processing Zone.
01:33Sa ngayon ay wala pang natatanggap na opisyal na proposal ng ating gobyerno, pero welcome ang panukala sa malalim na relasyon ngayon ng Pilipinas at U.S.
01:42Naturally, 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.
02:04Samantala, nasa Pilipinas ngayon si Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovile Shakaline para sa apat na araw na official visit.
02:13Dito 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.
02:24Kabilang narito ang cyber security, defense industry, munitions production cooperation at pagtugon sa hybrid threats at maritime security.
02:34Kagaya ng Pilipinas, may mga kinakaharap na hamon at kaparehong bantaang Lithuania pagdating sa kanilang seguridad.
02:42Kaya naman kapwa binigandiin ang dalawang defense official ang kahalagaan ng pagtindig kahit maliliit na bansa alinsunod sa international law.
02:51We have to connect our peoples, those who understand very clearly that freedom is not a given.
02:59Freedom is something you have to fight for, and sometimes fight very, very hard.
03:04So therefore, now we have a framework, now we have a way forward, now we have a clear understanding that it's gonna take a lot of hard work, it's gonna take a lot of resources, but our children, they deserve to live in a free world.
03:18The small nations, as our president has always said, need a firm voice in international affairs.
03:27And 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 decided.
03:47Patrick De Jesus para sa Pambansan TV sa Bagong Pilipinas.
