BERLIN—The Philippines is not rejecting China's proposals to resolve issues in the South China Sea but is questioning its premise behind the terms, Marcos said on Tuesday.
BERLIN—The Philippines is not rejecting China's proposals to resolve issues in the South China Sea but is questioning its neighbor's premise based on its ten-dash-line map, President Ferdinand "Bongbong"Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday.At a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Marcos indicated that the Philippines continued to question China's historical claims.
"While a few proposals were deemed somewhat workable, many of the remaining Chinese proposals were determined, after careful study, scrutiny, and deliberation within the Philippine Government, to be contrary to our national interests," the DFA said in a statement.