Commending the Bangsamoro people for staying in the course of the peace process despite the non-passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), the Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines reiterated Japan’s commitment of support to the peaceful means of resolving the Mindanao problem.
“Regardless of what is going on in political field in Manila, we will continue to support,” he added.
Ishikawa stressed, “This is our firm commitment and in that sense we really appreciate your party decided to stay on the peace process as before and it is highly appreciated by not only Japan but also the entire international community.”
The Japanese envoy related President Aquino’s state visit to Japan last June where the two heads of state issued a statement saying that there are three pillars of importance in terms of Philippine-Japan relations.
“One is political security including South China Sea, second is economic cooperation and third one is peace process in Mindanao,” he mentioned.
“In that spirit we would like to continue our cooperation and in particular we have expertise and experience in socio-economic development so we will to cooperate with you in that field as much as possible,“ Ishikawa said.
The Japanese ambassador was joined by his subordinates Second Secretaries Bumpei Sugano and Takuhiro Watanabe, First Secretaries Takayuki Nakagawa and Yosuke Tamabayashi, and Kurisu Yoshimoto, chief of the security section.
Together with fellow Commissioners, Bangsamoro Transition Commission Chairman Mohagher Iqbal warmly welcomed the Japanese diplomats and expressed gratitude to Japan’s continuing assistance to the peace process.
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