Full transparency must be ensured in the proposed negotiations between China and the Philippines for the joint oil and gas exploration in the West Philippine Sea, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino 'Koko' Pimentel III said Thursday.
Full transparency must be ensured in the proposed negotiations between China and the Philippines for the joint oil and gas exploration in the West Philippine Sea, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III said Thursday.
In order for these negotiations to prosper, the minority leader emphasized that transparency is "crucial" as it involves the issue of Philippines' rights over the WPS. During his state visit to China where he met Chinese President Xi Jinping for bilateral talks, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said the Philippines and China will continue the negotiations on thein the South China Sea—a part of which was declared by the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration in 2016 to be under the jurisdiction of the Philippines.
"We hope that these negotiations will bear fruit because the pressure upon not only China, not only the Philippines but the rest of the world to move away from the traditional fronts of power," he added.
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