President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Wednesday admitted that he was surprised by the recent remarks of Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian and that he will speak with him soon to get a clarification.
instead of offering the United States’ access to its military facilities near the Taiwan Strait.
Huang said the Philippine government should do this if it cares for the 150,000 overseas Filipino workers in Taiwan. "I think there must have been an element of... 'yung lost in translation. English is not his first language. I’m very interested to know what it is that he meant. I believe, I interpret it as him trying to say you should not... Philippines do not... provoke or intensify the tensions because it will impact badly on the Filipinos. That's how I take it," Marcos said.According to Marcos, he will talk to the Chinese envoy to clarify the incident.
"I will be talking to the ambassador, I'm sure he will be very anxious to give his interpretation of what he was trying to say," said Marcos.
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