MANILA, Philippines — Senator Panfilo Lacson is seeking a review of the diplomatic ties between the Philippines and China, in the wake of the latter’s recent incursions in the West Philippine Sea.
Lacson, who chairs the Senate committee on national defense, said a review of the diplomatic relations between the two countries is “timely and called for” as he asked: “What kind of friend—or benefactor—would take what is ours, bully us, and ignore our protests?”
“All the diplomatic protests that the Secretary of Foreign Affairs filed have been ignored as if nothing was filed at all. The continued incursions and bullying finally got his goat,” Lacson said in a tweet late Monday…
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