China still rejects PH arbitral win, says envoy
MANILA – Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua on Friday said Beijing's rejection of Manila's arbitral victory over the South China Sea will remain, as President Rodrigo Duterte said he would finally bring up the landmark ruling with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Zhao, nonetheless, said he believes the friendly ties between the China and the Philippines under Duterte won't be affected by the Filipino leader's plan. “I don’t recall that he said, that he used the term ‘invoke’. He said, if I remember it correctly, he will not mention it in a non-confrontational and friendly manner,” he said.
In 2016, the Philippines won a case at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, which invalidated China’s claim to sovereignty over most of the South China Sea.
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