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00:00The Kremlin yesterday said if you are going to Beijing in September,
00:04they wouldn't rule out a meeting between you and President Putin.
00:08Is such a meeting possible?
00:10And how soon do you plan to visit China?
00:13Well, we have a lot of meetings possible.
00:15President Xi has invited me to China,
00:17and we'll probably be doing that in the not-too-distant future.
00:21A little bit out, but not too distant.
00:23And I've been invited by a lot of people,
00:25and we'll make those decisions pretty soon.
00:28I don't mind if he gets along with China,
00:31because we're getting along with China very well.
00:33We have a very good relationship.
00:35It is affecting people that want to buy houses,
00:37and that shouldn't happen.
00:39And, you know, he should lower them.
00:42Those rates should be three points lower.
00:44That's what they should be, three points lower.
00:46Maybe more than that.
00:49I would like to ask for you one person.
00:52Mr. President Marcus, next year,
00:55Philippines is going to be the rotating chair of ASEAN.
00:58I wonder how do you plan to balance your relationship
01:01between the United States and China?
01:03And for President Trump,
01:05the Kremlin yesterday said,
01:06if you are going to Beijing in September,
01:08they wouldn't rule out a meeting between you and President Putin.
01:12Is such a meeting possible?
01:14And how soon do you plan to visit China?
01:17Well, we have a lot of meetings possible.
01:19President Xi's invited me to China,
01:22and we'll probably be doing that in the not-too-distant future.
01:25A little bit out, but not too distant.
01:28And I've been invited by a lot of people,
01:30and we'll make those decisions pretty soon.
01:33Please.
01:34The Press- Well, as you say, we are chairing ASEAN for 2026.
01:46There is no need, in a sense, to balance, as you characterize, to balance our relationship between the United States and China, simply because our foreign policy is an independent one, and we are essentially concerned with the defense of our territory and the exercise of our sovereign rights.
02:07Now, whether we do this, not alone, we need to do this with our partners, and again, our strongest partner has always been the United States.
02:21But, of course, we are trying to form coalitions and multilateral relations so that we, those like-minded nations who share the same values as we do, who hew to international law, more specifically the UNCLOS, present that position very clearly to anyone who has intentions of unilaterally changing the world order.
02:50And that is where, that is how we are guided.
02:53And I don't mind if he gets along with China, because we're getting along with China very well.
02:59We have a very good relationship.
03:01In fact, the magnets, which is a little complex piece of material, but the magnets are coming out, you know, very well.
03:09They're sending them in record numbers.
03:11We're getting along with China very well.
03:13And I don't mind if the president dealt with China, you know, if that's meant, because I think he has to do it.
03:20He has to do what's right for his country.
03:21I've always said, you know, make the Philippines great again.
03:24Do whatever you need to do.
03:25But you're dealing with China wouldn't bother me at all.
03:28Well, it is something that we have to do in any case.
03:31Yeah, certainly.
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