Philippines ready to deploy overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Federated States of Micronesia: President Marcos

livus, 7 months ago

From the article:

"We are lucky in the Philippines that we have a very young workforce and they are very used to working in other countries,” he told Simina.

“I am sure that they will be those who will take up the offer to live and work in Micronesia. And I think the fact that you’re not that far away is also big advantage.”

For his part, Simina said Micronesia is interested in policing and maintaining order, which is why he would be visiting the country’s national police academy.

“That’s one thing we also want to see, we [want] to be trained with yours because of your expertise in the area,” the Micronesian leader said.

“[The] Philippine Maritime Academy, I think that’s PMMA, we also want to… we need transportation and we need people. So, we would like to reestablish our relationship with [you],” he added.

Both leaders also agreed on the importance of Philippines’ non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council, particularly in calming regional situation and maintaining stability.

“Hopefully, if we are able to present our view to the security council then I believe it will help calm the situation and hopefully make it more — we can keep the sea lanes open, we can continue to say that there’s — it is safe passage for both air and sea traffic,” said Marcos Jr.

“So, that is why we believe that the security council is important. Our [seat] to the security council is important not only to the Philippines but really for all of us in the Pacific region.”