Locsin said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin is “reading too much into” a “simple directive” issued by the Chief Executive. | CMRamosINQ
“What is ours is ours under the Arbitral Award and no one else can tell us differently. Our relations have been going really well. Let’s keep it that way,” Locsin said.
Manila and Beijing have long been locked in a maritime dispute. In 2013, the Philippines filed a case with the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague in The Netherlands challenging China’s sweeping claim of nearly the entire South China Sea. The Hague-based court then ruled in favor of the Philippines in July 2016 invalidating China’s nine-dash line claim.President Rodrigo Duterte has been criticized for setting aside the landmark 2016 arbitral ruling against Beijing’s mythical nine-dash line claim in the South China Sea.
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