MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement before the United Nations last year affirming the country’s 2016 arbitral win against China remains the “supreme expression” of the country’s foreign policy on issues concerning the West Philippine Sea.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said this Friday in light of the President’s recent remarks downplaying the 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, invalidating China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea.
“The President’s statement at the 75th UN General Assembly on the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award stands as the supreme expression o…
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