MANILA, Philippines — After firing off a diplomatic protest, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) should consider summoning China’s top diplomat in the Philippines over Beijing’s new law allowing its coast guard to fire at foreign vessels, Senator Francis Tolentino said Sunday.
“Tama yung nag-file ng diplomatic protest si [Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.], pero siguro ang next step niyan ay i-summon yung, ipatawag yung Chinese ambassador para ipaliwanag,” Tolentino said in an interview over dzBB.
(It was right for Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. to file that diplomatic protest, but the next step is to summon the Chinese ambassador to explain.)
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