Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has said that his country will inevitably be drawn into a conflict in Taiwan, given its proximity to the democratic self-ruled island claimed by Beijing.
“In the Philippines, we do not have a choice, because Taiwan is so close to the Philippines, and we have almost 200,000 Filipino nationals who are living and working in Taiwan,” Marcos said in a roundtable with Japanese media on May 18.
“So we have many other considerations, but we end up in the same position that we want to avoid any confrontation.”
The Chinese regime views Taiwan as a breakaway province and has not renounced the use of force to bring it under Chinese Communist Party rule….
Marcos Says Philippines Doesn’t Have a Choice but to Be Involved in Any War Over Taiwan
