Officials from the Philippines and China met on Thursday for the 23rd Philippine-China Foreign Ministry Consultation (FMC) and 7th Bilateral Consultative Mechanism (BCM) on the South China Sea.
The meeting, held in Manila, sought to highlight the goodwill between the Philippines and China amid tensions caused by overlapping claims in the South China Sea.
In her opening remarks, Lazaro, without elaborating, said she had communicated with Sun weeks ago regarding "maritime issues." The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs and the Armed Forces of the Philippines have released statements of protest about the continued presence of Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea and within the country's exclusive economic zone.
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