President Marcos said the Philippines’ claim to Sabah — a huge island south of the country and east of Malaysia — was briefly mentioned when the leaders of the two countries met. | GabrielLaluINQ
“Kung mag-uusap we’ll have to do something much, much larger and much more involved than just a quick discussion of five, 10, 15-minute discussions with the leaders. So it was, the consensus is just we talk about everything else,” he added.
Marcos explained that the two countries chose to discuss issues that they can have a quick conclusion about, rather than a dispute which will not be resolved in the near future. “We talked about trade, we talked about the help that Malaysia has been providing, the development of the BARMM. We talked about the, again, the people-to-people side of our relationship. But always, I mean, it is something that we, neither the Philippines nor the Malaysia is withdrawing,” the President said.“But we still find a modus vivendi so that we can work with each other without coming into conflict over just one single issue.
Past administrations have been adamant that Sabah, which is currently under Malaysia’s jurisdiction, belongs to the Philippines. During the term of Marcos’ predecessor, former president Rodrigo Duterte, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said that Sabah was given to the Sultanate of Sulu as a gift.
And since the Sultanate of Sulu was integrated into the Philippine government and territory, Sabah is a part of the Philippines.Roque was confident back then that the dispute would not affect Malaysia and the Philippines’ strong ties.
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