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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. meets with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet for a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Melbourne, Australia on Monday, March 4, 2024. Joining the meeting are House Speaker Martin Romualdez, National Security Adviser Eduardo Año, Communication Secretary Cheloy Garafil, AFP Chief of Staff Romeo Brawner Jr. and other officials.  Noel B. Pabalate, PPA pool

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PIA GUTIERREZ

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<div><span dir="ltr" id="isPasted"></span></div><p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Wednesday urged Australia to continue working with the Philippines and ASEAN to ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.</p><p>In his speech during the Leaders Plenary of the ASEAN-Australia Summit in Melbourne, the Philippine leader thanked Australia for its consistent support for the rule of law, the 1982 UNCLOS, and the 2016 Arbitral Award through statements of support as well as capacity-building and academic initiatives to mainstream appreciation of international law.</p><p> “We appreciate the evolution of Australia’s strategic approach towards the region from the mere confines of the Asia-Pacific to our now wider common interests in the Indo-Pacific,” Marcos Jr said. </p><p> “We thus encourage Australia to continue its active engagement both bilaterally and through ASEAN to ensure the primacy of peace and stability through confidence building, preventive diplomacy, and conflict resolution in the region.”</p><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="2978576"></ivs-player></div><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script><p> The President’s statement comes as tensions rise in the South China Sea due to China’s increasing aggression in the disputed waters.</p><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="2979041"></ivs-player></div><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script><p> In his speech, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government is committed to working with ASEAN to uphold the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity, equality, and independence and ensure that the region is “secure, resilient, open, inclusive, and prosperous.”</p><p> “We must work to turn our natural connections into even greater practical cooperation: on marine sustainability, the blue economy, and the security of our oceans and seas,” Albanese said.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/5/philippines-demands-chinese-vessels-leave-ayungin-shoal-area-1752" id="isPasted" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Philippines demands Chinese vessels leave Ayungin Shoal area</a></div>

<p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Wednesday urged Australia to continue working with Philippines and ASEAN to ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.</p>

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Wednesday urged Australia to continue working with Philippines and ASEAN to ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Marcos Jr to Australia: Continue engagement with ASEAN to ensure peace, stability

PIA GUTIERREZ,

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Published Mar 06, 2024 11:30 AM PHT

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