(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte was “steadfast” in raising issues on the South China Sea, including the arbitral ruling that invalidated the nine-dash line delineating China’s expansive claims there, during his meeting with China President Xi Jinping on Thursday night. But in response to Duterte, who had noted that the arbitral award was “final, binding and not subject to appeal,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Xi “reiterated his government’s position of not recognizing the arbitral ruling […]
