Micronesia has expressed intention to seek training with the Philippines' police force.
Federated States of Micronesia President Wesley W. Simina told President Marcos during their meeting on Friday, Oct. 13, that they are interested in having their police forces trained by the Philippines police force.
Simina said Micronesia is particularly interested in policing and maintaining order and made time to visit the country’s national police academy.
Micronesia, Simina added, sees the Philippines’ expertise in this area and wants its police force to train with Filipino police officers.
“That’s one thing we also want to see, we [want] to be trained with yours because of your expertise in the area,” he said.
The Mirconesian President also told Marcos that they "need people" in the maritime and transportation sector.
Marcos said the Philippines is ready to deploy workers in the island country as the total deployment ban on Filipino workers to the foreign land has been lifted.
“[The] Philippine (Merchant Marine) Academy, I think that’s PMMA, we also want to... we need transportation and we need people. So, we would like to reestablish our relationship with [you],” Simina said.
The two leaders also agreed on the importance of the Philippines' non-permanent seat in the United Nation (UN) Security Council particularly in calming regional situations and maintaining stability.
“Hopefully, if we are able to present our view to the security council then I believe it will help calm the situation and hopefully make it more — we can keep the sea lanes open, we can continue to say that there’s — it is safe passage for both air and sea traffic,” President Marcos said.