US & China
Philippines, China to Open More Lines to Resolve Sea Conflict
- Asian nations pledge to open ‘more lines of communications’
- Beijing seeks stronger ties with Manila, diminished US sway
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The Philippines and China have agreed to establish “more lines of communications” to immediately resolve conflicts between the two countries over the West Philippine Sea, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said.
“We are currently working on that and are awaiting the Chinese response and we are confident that these issues would be worked out that would be mutually beneficial for both our nations,” Marcos said in a statement after a meeting with China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang, who is on a three-day visit to Manila, his first trip to the Southeast Asian nation.