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(PNA file photo) MANILA-The Department of National Defense (DND) will obey President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s guidance to build stronger relationships with the country's neighbors without yielding Philippine sovereignty and territory, its spokesperson said Tuesday. "We will adhere to the President's guidance to build stronger, multifaceted relations with our neighbors but not at the expense of our sovereignty and territorial integrity," Arsenio Andolong said in response to queries on how they plan to go about the Chief Executive's independent foreign policy where the country seeks to be a "friend to all, enemy to none." Andolong said the DND would accomplish this through active engagement and dialogues with its foreign defense and military counterparts. "The President was firm in his direction - we shall not cede an inch of our territory to any foreign power. To this end, the DND shall continue to pursue the modernization of t