Our foreign affairs policy will be one of strong cultural, economic and SECURITY solidarity with the South East Asian nations and other close neighbors, protecting the integrity of our territory while pursuing peaceful negotiations & settlement to resolve conflicts on disputed territories among ourselves by championing instead joint development and conservation for future use. Needless to say, sufficient support will be provided to allow the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Coast Guard to have the capacity; in tandem with our neighboring allies to protect the integrity of our territory and shared disputed territories against external threats and not fully being dependent on our mutual defense treaties with western allies
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