Last Monday, August 16, 2010 we discussed the major concerns of the Philippine Foreign Policy which includes; Regional arrangement and multilateral organizations - the Philippines shall promote its national interest in regional arrangements by establishing a solid relations starting from its neighboring countries all the way to the member countries of other international organizations that can provide an improvement to the Philippine economy. The Philippines shall pursue the strengthening of legislative and legal frameworks as well as the structures of institutions and the government shall continue to actively participate in regional/international concern and human rights.
The second major concern is the territorial rights over the South China Sea and Spratly’s Island. There are other claimants to this the said areas such as; China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan making it difficult for the Philippines to just claim it since every country has justification for the territories they have been claiming for. If only the Philippines can develop a strong territorial integrity, we can have a larger claim to these areas.
Next on the list is the direct foreign investment wherein the investment infrastructure and export or lented enterprises shall be promoted. Europe along with US, China, Japan and ASEAN will be sources of direct foreign investments, technology transfer and trade through Development Diplomacy.
Fourth major concern is tourism. One of the objectives of the current president of the Philippines s to attract more foreigners to visit our country that can help improve our economy but the country must improve all the possible areas that can easily attract more foreign investment as visitors traveled in the country.
Lastly, the overseas Filipinos; the government shall continue to provide progressive consular and legal assistance to Filipinos abroad and must strengthen the welfare mechanism for OFWs by aggressively forging new bilateral arrangements with most of the countries. The government shall continue to ensure the interest also of the OFWs since we cannot deny the fact that the Philippines benefit from the remittances the Filipino overseas bring to the country.
The second major concern is the territorial rights over the South China Sea and Spratly’s Island. There are other claimants to this the said areas such as; China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan making it difficult for the Philippines to just claim it since every country has justification for the territories they have been claiming for. If only the Philippines can develop a strong territorial integrity, we can have a larger claim to these areas.
Next on the list is the direct foreign investment wherein the investment infrastructure and export or lented enterprises shall be promoted. Europe along with US, China, Japan and ASEAN will be sources of direct foreign investments, technology transfer and trade through Development Diplomacy.
Fourth major concern is tourism. One of the objectives of the current president of the Philippines s to attract more foreigners to visit our country that can help improve our economy but the country must improve all the possible areas that can easily attract more foreign investment as visitors traveled in the country.
Lastly, the overseas Filipinos; the government shall continue to provide progressive consular and legal assistance to Filipinos abroad and must strengthen the welfare mechanism for OFWs by aggressively forging new bilateral arrangements with most of the countries. The government shall continue to ensure the interest also of the OFWs since we cannot deny the fact that the Philippines benefit from the remittances the Filipino overseas bring to the country.
No comments:
Post a Comment