The 19th Annual Meeting of the West Pacific Naval Forum opened as scheduled on April 22 in Qingdao, Shandong, China.In this region, the author has obvious mistakes when commented on this beforehand; especially believes that 23 member states and seven observer states should be sent to the delegation, but it is obviously not expected that the Philippine Navy chose to be absent.The author admits the mistake of judgment here.
The Philippine Navy chooses to be absent to make a statement. In terms of negligence, I am afraid that it can only satisfy its own emotions and it is difficult to make any aspects feel.Especially for the local owner, the Philippine Navy does not send delegations to the meeting. At best, it is only in media reports. It may have a tidboy effect, and the entire event will not be lost because of this.However, it is estimated that the Filipino Navy's senior management has this determination to judge whether the determination of the main administrative decision -making is mature.
At the beginning of the year, during the working group meeting before this forum, the Philippine Navy was not absent. Therefore, if the Philippine Navy decided not to send a delegation to participate in the official forum, it was obviously all the items that happened during this period.The change caused.Not only is Beijing and Manila's disputes in the South China Sea, but Manila also has a new harvest in foreign relations. This may make the Philippines decide to express political gestures and transmitting political signals through the annual meeting of the West Pacific Naval Forum.
Through the absence of international conferences or cups, it is often used by international diplomacy.However, this kind of absence of a cup is basically a high -profile declaration or a low -key treatment, which will have a great difference.In addition, whether to calculate whether to encourage other countries to follow up, show the influence of the international community, or self -restraint, it is limited to taking action itself.
According to the current observation, the Philippine Navy has not publicly issued a statement, explaining why the delegation was not sent to the meeting.At the same time, in an interview with the media, Chinese organizers only emphasized that they had indeed issued an invitation letter to all member states and observer states, but they did not understand the real reason for why the Philippine Navy was absent.Therefore, strictly speaking, the Philippine Navy only decided to not participate in this forum event, and did not promote high -profile beforehand. At the same time, there were no signs.Annual Meeting of the Western Pacific Navy Forum.But in all fairness, even if the Philippine Navy intends to encourage other navy to follow up, it is difficult to echo.
If a press conference held on the eve of the official debut of the forum, although it has been publicly confirmed that there will be 29 countries to send delegations to attend the meeting, but the organizer will not directly break the Philippine Navy.It was not until the official opening that the media of all parties clearly saw that the Philippines did not send a delegation to attend the meeting and reported it. However, it did not become the focus of attention to the annual meeting of the forum, and the news effect was relatively limited.
Instead of using the absence of the political posture, the Philippine Navy should actually use the delegation to actively participate in the forum.In this way, it is better to find a stage for voice and expressing political stance.Even if you want to confront the confrontation between the South China Sea and China, on the table through the proper forum to discuss the subject, so that the delegations of the participating countries will understand the Pilgly government's position, and it will not be blocked or gets unspeakable.Getting.
At present, the Philippine Navy's choice of absence is the extremely valuable voice platform and political stage.What's more, the Philippine Navy did not publicize the real reason for absence, making it difficult for the media to report specific reports.From the effect of reporting media reports, it is equivalent to defeating before.
To be honest, the military law enforcement force of the Philippines and China ’s maritime a few days ago. When the Renai Reef waters were confronted, the Philippines had invited international media to board the ship to go to the sea. Through various media reports, they fought propaganda in the international public opinion front.However, compared to the absence of choice in the Western Pacific Navy forum, it shows signs of timidity before the war, which is really difficult to understand; it may have a negative impact on the Philippines in the South China Sea in the South China Sea.
The author is a senior researcher at the Taiwan Chinese Strategic Society
