{"id":51706,"date":"2015-06-13T15:34:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T07:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=51706"},"modified":"2015-06-13T16:12:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T08:12:02","slug":"aquino-nations-should-have-mutual-respect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/13\/aquino-nations-should-have-mutual-respect\/","title":{"rendered":"Aquino: Nations should have &#8216;mutual respect&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_51159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51159\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/noy-aquino-japan-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51159\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/noy-aquino-japan-3-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"President Benigno S. Aquino III delivered the keynote speech speech at the Nikkei 21st International Conference on the Future of Asia, an annual forum that discusses the opportunities and challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region. The President discussed PH-JP relations, developments in the PH, and regional concerns. The President is in Japan for a four-day state visit, on the invitation of the Japanese government. (Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau)\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/noy-aquino-japan-3-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/noy-aquino-japan-3-900x611.jpg 900w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/noy-aquino-japan-3.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Benigno S. Aquino III delivered the keynote speech speech at the Nikkei 21st International Conference on the Future of Asia, an annual forum that discusses the opportunities and challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region. The President discussed PH-JP relations, developments in the PH, and regional concerns. The President is in Japan for a four-day state visit, on the invitation of the Japanese government. (Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; President Aquino yesterday called for the observance of &#8220;mutual respect&#8221; among nations, amid the ongoing tensions in the disputed territories in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Aquino also asked the people to help the administration to maintain the permanence of &#8220;positive change&#8221; in \u00a0the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ask you to join me in a toast, to the continued success of the Filipino people: may we further harness our unity as we tread the straight path, towards ensuring the permanence of positive change,\u201d he said during the traditional vin d\u2019honneur in celebration of the country\u2019s 117th Independence Day anniversary yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The statement was made following the ongoing tensions between the China and the Philippines as both the countries claim portions of the disputed region.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua attended yesterday&#8217;s even.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcellencies, as we are determined to join your nations in the struggle to overcome the obstacles you face, so too do we ask you to join us,\u201d he told his audience, who also included national and local officials, senators and congressmen, as well as Cabinet members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this way, we can truly forge a global community in which each nation-state realizes that their growth and stability hinge on their ability to work with others,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n<p>Jianhua earlier skipped the advance Independence day celebration last Monday, which was sponsored by the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Inc.<\/p>\n<p>The day also marked the 40th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between China and the Philippines as well as the 14th Filipino-Chinese Friendship Day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; President Aquino yesterday called for the observance of &#8220;mutual respect&#8221; among nations, amid the ongoing tensions in the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":48391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-ph","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}