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(Eagle News)–The Philippines is eyeing to sign the agreement on the joint exploration of the South China Sea with China “anytime between now and the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping” this year. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who spoke in a press conference on Thursday, Aug. 9. “No time frame…It was not expressly stated as such,” Roque said. Despite the plan, Roque reiterated it was “clear we are not giving up […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, Aug. 1, lashed out at the Department of Foreign Affairs after it made the suggestion for the Philippines to conduct a joint exploration with China in the West Philippine Sea. In a statement, Hontiveros said the suggested 60-40 joint exploration was “preposterous and treacherous,” and “reverses our historic victory at The Hague and signs away Philippine sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea.” According to Hontiveros, the Permanent […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China and the Philippines said Wednesday they will cautiously proceed with discussions on joint oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea, further reversing years of tensions over their competing claims to the region. The two states have long been embroiled in a bitter dispute over the waterway — with China claiming nearly the entire sea — but President Rodrigo Duterte has in recent years softened his predecessors’ policy of […]
(Eagle News) – Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said that the existing Vietnamese-Chinese setup in joint exploration and development could be a model for a possible Philippine-China joint exploration on the disputed South China Sea. He said on Monday, March 5, that the Philippines could follow the setup of the two countries in jointly exploring the body of water. Vietnam has claims in the area, which China claims almost entirely. According to Roque, the exploration is […]
The Philippines on Wednesday reassured Southeast Asian neighbors about its proposal to partner with Beijing in oil exploration in the disputed South China Sea, promising to consult them on any plans. President Rodrigo Duterte has softened his predecessor’s policy opposing China’s claims — which expand to nearly the entire sea — causing alarm among some neighboring Southeast Asian countries, which also hold partial claims. On Monday, Duterte said his government was in talks with China over joint drilling for […]
President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he was open to exploring the South China Sea’s natural resources with rival claimants China and Vietnam. Duterte, who spoke upon his arrival in the country from official visits to China, Cambodia and Hong Kong, also emphasized he had no immediate plans to pressure China over an international tribunal’s ruling last year that its sweeping claims to most of the sea were unlawful. “If we can get something there with […]
