MANILA- President Rodrigo Duterte will raise Manila’s 2016 arbitral victory which invalidated Beijing’s sweeping maritime claims when he visit China later this month.
Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said “the time has come” for the Philippines to assert its rights in the West Philippine Sea.
“There will be a time that I will invoke the arbitral ruling. This is the time,” Panelo quoted Duterte as saying. The matter will be discussed during a one-on-one meeting between Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Panelo said. Since assuming the presidency in 2016, Duterte has refused to invoke the Philippines' victory against China in a United Nations-backed arbitration court which was initiated by his predecessor, former President Benigno Aquino III.
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