(L-R first row) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, France’s Overseas Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, Canada’s Overseas Affairs Minister Melanie Joly, Italy’s Overseas Minister Antonio Tajani, Japan’s Overseas Minister Takeshi Iwaya, Germany’s Overseas Affairs Minister Annalena Baerbock, Britain’s Overseas Workplace Political Director Christian Turner, European Union for Overseas Affairs and Safety Coverage Josep Borrel.
(L-R second row) South Korea’s Overseas Minister Cho Tae-yul, Indonesia’s Overseas Minister Sugiono, India’s Overseas Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Philippines’ Overseas Minister Enrique Manalo pose for a household photograph on the G7 of overseas Ministers in Fiuggi, south-east of Rome, on November 26, 2024. Agence France-Presse
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has welcomed the Group of Seven’s (G7) “unwavering dedication” to a rules-based order within the West Philippine Sea and the broader Indo-Pacific area.
Within the closing G7 Overseas Ministers’ assertion issued on Nov. 26, the seven states — Italy, Germany, the UK, Canada, France, the US, and Japan— stated they “stay critically involved concerning the state of affairs within the East and South China Seas.”
They underscored that there’s “no authorized foundation for China’s expansive maritime claims within the South China Sea” and once more opposed Beijing’s “militarization and coercive and intimidation actions within the South China Sea” within the space.
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Overseas Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo, who participated within the G7 ministerial assembly in Italy on the identical day, emphasised that the state of the Indo-Pacific considerations your complete world.
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“The state of the Indo-Pacific considerations us all. That’s why on the G7 Overseas Ministers’ Assembly, I conveyed the Philippines’s views on Indo-Pacific/South China Sea points and the state of affairs our individuals face within the West Philippine Sea,” he stated.
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“I thank the G7 for his or her help for Philippines’ principled place, that bolstering a maritime order within the South China Sea, anchored on UNCLOS, is critically essential to sustaining the rules-based order within the Indo-Pacific.”
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This was the primary time that the Philippines participated in a G7 assembly, with Manalo talking at an expanded session on Indo-Pacific along with South Korea, India, and Indonesia.
On the discussion board, he delivered an intervention titled “Constructing a Guidelines-based Maritime Order within the Indo-Pacific” that searched for G7’s sustained dedication, in addition to help for Asean centrality within the area.
Manalo additionally stated Manila can be steadfast in selling worldwide regulation and diplomacy, particularly in managing variations within the South China Sea.
“As for the G7 trigger, they have already got this (comparable sort of dedication) however we would like this to be sustained — we’re encouraging them na huwag bibitaw (to maintain it),” Overseas Affairs Assistant Secretary for European Affairs Maria Elena Algabre instructed the Philippine Information Company when requested what suggestions the Philippine delegation to G7 has put ahead.
“Their dedication on that’s unwavering as a result of greater than 30 p.c of worldwide maritime commerce passes by way of the South China Sea so it doesn’t solely concern us but additionally them.”
Algabre stated Manila’s participation within the G7 aligns with the federal government’s initiative on transparency and growing public consciousness of the state of affairs within the West Philippine Sea.
“That is a part of our program on transparency and growing public consciousness on the precise state of affairs on the bottom in order to counter false narratives and in a manner create a extra viable basis for diplomacy to work,” she stated.
On high of the G7 assembly, Manalo additionally held bilateral conferences along with his counterparts Japanese Overseas Minister Iwaya Takeshi and Italian Overseas Minister Antonio Tajani.
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He additionally met with the Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Indonesian Overseas Minister Sugiono, Canadian Overseas Minister Mélanie Joly diplomats on the margins of the occasion.
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