MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is skipping this year's United Nations (UN) General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York, and will, instead, be represented by Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo, Malacañang said Thursday.
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is skipping this year's United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York, and will, instead, be represented by Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo, Malacañang said Thursday.Presidential Communications Secretary Cesar Chavez said that Manalo's agenda in the assembly would include articulating the Philippines' responses to global challenges.
Tensions between China and the Philippines have continued to escalate as both sides traded accusations over a series of incidents in the disputed waters.China claims almost the entire South China Sea, a conduit for more than $3 trillion in annual ship commerce. Its territorial claims overlap with those of the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Brunei.
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