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MANILA, May 22 The Philippines and China held “friendly and candid” talks on the South China Sea, the Philippines’ foreign ministry said today, days after the minister ordered Chinese vessels out of the disputed waterway in an expletive-laced tweet.
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A Philippine coast guard ship sailing past a Chinese coast guard ship near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea in May 2019. (File photo: AFP/Ted Aljibe)
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MANILA: The Philippines and China held friendly and candid talks on the South China Sea, the Philippines foreign ministry said on Saturday (May 22), days after the minister ordered Chinese vessels out of the disputed waterway in an expletive-laced tweet.
By Syndicated Content
May 22, 2021 | 3:11 AM
MANILA (Reuters) â The Philippines and China held âfriendly and candidâ talks on the South China Sea, the Philippinesâ foreign ministry said on Saturday, days after the minister ordered Chinese vessels out of the disputed waterway in an expletive-laced tweet.
The presence of hundreds Chinese vessels inside the Philippines 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) has been the latest source of tensions between the two countries in the South China Sea, through which $3 trillion worth of goods pass every year.
The Philippines said the encroaching vessels were manned by militia, while Beijing said they were fishing boats sheltering from bad weather.