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FILE: Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III at the 51st Asian Development Bank Annual Meeting on May 25, 2018 (Photo<\/a>: Department of Finance\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DAVAO CITY\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has underscored the “generous support” extended by Japan in helping jumpstart the Philippines\u2019 ambitious \u201cBuild, Build, Build\u201d infrastructure program, which is crucial to the fulfillment of President Rodrigo Duterte’s high and inclusive growth agenda.<\/p>\n

Demonstrating Japan\u2019s \u201csteadfast commitment\u201d to the \u201cBuild, Build, Build\u201d program, as well as the Philippines\u2019 other priority initiatives, is the signing of nine loan agreements between Manila and Tokyo since Duterte assumed office in June 2016, Dominguez said in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n

Several of these agreements involving infrastructure projects, Dominguez said, were processed and approved in a short span of three to four months, in line with the \u201cfast and sure\u201d approach adopted by both countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis demonstrates our shared commitment to work closely to ensure that the Filipino people get to benefit from these projects at reasonable costs and at the soonest possible time,\u201d said Dominguez at the start of his bilateral meeting with Japan Foreign Minister Tar\u014d K\u014dno held on the afternoon of February 10 (Sunday) at the Waterfront Insular Hotel here.<\/p>\n

Minister K\u014dno said that on top of further strengthening bilateral ties with the Philippines, the government of Japan also remains fully committed to support the Duterte administration’s peace-building efforts in Mindanao and is prepared to expand its assistance to ensure the success of the peace process.<\/p>\n

“We welcome the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law after the plebiscite in January. We have been supporting this peace process in Mindanao for more than a decade and we are ready to expand support as advancement of this peace process progresses,” K\u014dno said.<\/p>\n

On behalf of the Japanese government, K\u014dno also conveyed his sympathies to the victims of the terror attack in Jolo last month.<\/p>\n

“We strongly condemn any act of terror and that cannot be accepted and we would like to convey our sympathy towards the people and the government of the Philippines,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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