MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping's verbal deal that allows China to fish within Philippine waters was "legally binding and enforceable," Malacañang reiterated Wednes
MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping's verbal deal that allows China to fish within Philippine waters was "legally binding and enforceable," Malacañang reiterated Wednesday.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. earlier called the agreement as "pointless" and insisted that the government cannot enforce it. “Unless it is translated formally into writing, then it is just an agreement to become good neighbors,” Nograles said. “Hindi totoo na walang document. Mali yung interpretation na walang document. That has been recorded officially so there is a record of that,” he said.
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