In light of their respective challenges, says beyond the world’s superpowers are constantly shaping the regional and global agendas to get solutions.  ,
The 72-year-old veteran envoy from the Philippines stated that” a flood of South-South cooperation has flourished in the past century by states with comparable development tracks to tackle shared policy challenges.”  ,
” India, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, among others, have established fresh development assistance types outside the revenue streams of the West”, he elaborated.
To strengthen and enhance collaboration on payment connectivity by developing more effective and inclusive cross-border payments, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia signed a Memorandum of Understanding ( MOU) on Cooperation in Regional Payment Connectivity ( RPC ) in November 2022.
Brunei and Laos joined the group in April 2024, making them the latest two nations to do so after Vietnam did in 2023, bringing the total number of nations to eight.  ,
Manalo cited the Philippines-Pacific Health Initiative as another appealing example of multilateral cooperation between the Philippine government and the Pacific island nations.
The program, which was launched in November 2024, aimed to guarantee” sustainable health resources” by addressing the region’s shortage of health workers.