PH concern in Taiwan is for Filipinos living there, says Defense spokesman

By Franco Jose C. Baroña

Apr 15, 2023 9:37 pm

THE Department of National Defense (DND) said on Saturday that the Philippine government is not meddling in the internal affairs of China, that it continues to observe the One China Policy and maintains the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) principle of non-interference in approaching regional issues.

'We reiterate that our primordial concern in Taiwan is the safety and wellbeing of the Filipinos living and working on the island,' Director Arsenio Andolong, DND spokesman, said in a statement.

TOPSHOT - A man sets up a Chinese flag on his car as he prepares to look at the view of the Taiwan Strait, towards the zone where China said it would conduct live fire exercises northeast of Pingtan island, the closest point in China to Taiwan, in China southeast Fujian province on April 10, 2023. Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP

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