PH not meddling in Taiwan affairs

“Additional EDCA sites are an obstacle to the economic development of Cagayan.

Foreign investors from China, South Korea, Japan and even Taiwan will be afraid of Cagayan because of the fear that Cagayan will become a stronghold in America’s war,” said Mamba.

He said the presence of the EDCA sites will be an obstacle to the realization of the Cagayan Development Agenda 2025 and the Cagayan International Gateway Project (CIGP) which aims to open the international airport in Piat, Cagayan, and the international seaport in Aparri.

“A peaceful and productive relationship with our Asian neighbors will bring prosperity to Cagayan. We want Cagayan to be the center of agro-industrial hubs in the international port, and not the center of foreign military bases whose clear objective is to enable war between America and China,” he said.

Mamba said that the presence of foreign forces in the province puts Cagayan in a “risky situation” if war breaks out between America and China.

“If the EDCA sites are meant to protect our territory in the West Philippine Sea against China, these sites should be established near the West Philippine Sea and not in Cagayan, a province in the North that is very far from the said Philippine territory,” the governor said.

“The only military forces we want and need in Cagayan are our own Armed Forces of the Philippines,” he said.

Mamba said armed conflict as a means of settling disputes between nations is unacceptable.

“Our strength is to be a friend to everyone and not an enemy to anyone,” he said. (ManilaTimes. net) n