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In Marcos' 4 years as president, the country has forged the most number of security partnerships, diversifying PH foreign policy.

At about the same time in mid-June, two events took place at the global stage that showed contrasting ways countries dealt with Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin.

In France, as leaders of the G-7 convened and heaped stronger sanctions on Russia, including its oil and gas sectors, to “increase the pressure on the Russian war economy,” ASEAN heads of state met with Putin in Kazan and talked about opportunities to source energy from the heavily sanctioned country. Russia hosted the ASEAN leaders in a summit to commemorate the 35th anniversary of its relations with the regional bloc.