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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte explained that there was a “mutual agreement” with China regarding fishing in the disputed parts of the South China Sea, including those under the Philippines exclusive economic zone (EEZ). In his speech during the 122th Founding anniversary celebration of the Presidential Security Group (PSG) on Wednesday night, June 27, he said that conflicting claims in the area of the Reed Bank or Recto Bank as well as in […]
(Eagle News)– Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua on Tuesday (September 27) said China is willing to discuss the fishing rights of Filipino fishermen in Panatag Shoal as proposed by President Rodrigo Duterte. “We would like to discuss this issue with the Philippines and that we can look at the possibilities on how we could handle it properly,” Zhao told reporters at China’s national day reception. President Duterte has said that he wants China to comply […]
(Eagle News) – “I hope that you treat us as brothers and not your enemies.” President Rodrigo Duterte made this appeal to the Chinese people in their treatment of Filipino fishermen who want to fish in the disputed waters of the West Philippine Sea. The President said that he would also not use the Philippine victory in the South China dispute in the ongoing talks with China. ”I will never bring the matter because it […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte told reporters on Wednesday that Southeast Asian countries will push China to respect the final ruling of the arbitration court in Hague even if our country does not bring it at a conference in Laos on September. “Whether we like it or not, that arbitral judgment would be insisted by the whole countries in Southeast Asia,”the President said. In July, China stressed a backlash statement about the ruling, stating that […]
Eagle News — Vietnam welcomed the ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration concerning the South China Sea, saying it strongly supports peaceful resolution of disputes, while reasserting its own sovereignty claims according to Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh. The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague concluded this week that China had no historic claim to the waters and it had violated the Philippines’ economic and sovereign rights. Expert on Chinese policy Duong […]
