@rappler: Philippines, Canada: In 'volatile' geopolitical world, are middle powers doing enough? WATCH: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and have called on middle powers to work together. In a joint press conference in Vancouver on July 2, Carney says it's the task of middle powers to "reinforce the rules-based order, update it where possible, to build alliances, partnerships in areas where like-minded countries cooperate." "We have two differing forces that we have to balance. One is to be stable, and at the same time, we have to be agile. And the way to do that is to have these firm partnerships and firm agreements between countries, both bilaterally and non-bilaterally, but at the same time to keep the communication between all our partners very, very active," says Marcos. #newsph #rappler

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