MANILA, Philippines – Pormal nang inendorso ni Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri ang pitong international treaties upang protektahan ang interes ng Pilipinas sa pandaigdigang kalagayan at hindi madehado ng kaalyado sa mundo.
Sa pahayag, sinabi ni Zubiri na mahalaga ang naturang tratado dahil malaki ang pakinabangan ng bansa sa seguridad, depensa, kalakalan at pamuhunan, akademya at katarungan.
“These are all equally important treaties, but massively beneficial for us in the areas of security, defense, trade and investments, academic competitiveness and mobility, and criminality and justice,” aniya sa ginanap na public hearing ng Committee on Foreign Relations nitong Huwebes, August 20, 2026.
Iginiit ni Zubiri, chairman ng Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, na hindi mag-aatubili ang Senado na aprubahan ang lahat ng tratado sa sumailalim ng masusing pag-aaral.
“We evaluate all these treaties with a sense of caution. We are not here to simply green-light them all without ensuring first that the Philippines is always on equal footing with its treaty partners,” aniya.
Kabilang sa ilang tratado na kasalukuyang sinusuri ng komite ang mga sumusunod:
– Protocol to Amend the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft (Protocol)
– United Nations Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects (Liability Convention)
– Agreement between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia for the Elimination of Double Taxation with Respect to Taxes on Income and the Prevention of Tax Evasion and Avoidance (PH-Cambodia DTAA)
– Agreement between the Manila Economic and Cultural Office in Taiwan and Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income (MECO-TECO DTAA)
– Asia-Pacific Regional Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education (Tokyo Convention)
– ASEAN Treaty on Extradition (ATE)
– Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Government of the Republic of India (PH-India MLAT). Ernie Reyes
