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THE Philippine government will continue to explore all diplomatic avenues to resolve its territorial row with China over the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines remains dedicated to peaceful dialogue and diplomacy amid China's illegal actions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), National Security Adviser and National Security Council (NSC) Director General Eduardo Año said.
MANILA: The Philippines is eyeing talks with China to discuss a violent clash last week between their sailors in the South China Sea, foreign secretary Enrique Manalo said Tuesday.Chinese coast guard personnel wielding knives, sticks and an axe foiled a June 17 Filipino navy attempt to resupply marines stationed on a derelict warship that sits atop Second Thomas Shoal.It was the latest and most serious incident in a series of escalating confrontations between Chinese and Philippine ships in recent months as Beijing steps up efforts to push its claims to nearly all of the strategically located waterway.Manila hopes to convene the Philippines-China Bilateral Consultation Mechanism on the South China Sea in early July "specifically to discuss the recent incidents," Manalo told a Philippine senate public hearing on the confrontation.
MANILA, Philippines — Acting Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro highlighted the primacy of diplomacy in resolving the issue with China, as Philippine officials are set to meet their Chinese counterparts for the next round of the Bilateral Consultative Mechanism on the South China Sea.
MANILA, Philippines — United States intelligence and foreign policy experts said America was just using the Philippines to create the conditions of potential conflict with the Chinaz even if it knew it could not fight and engage China and win.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), in collaboration with the Philippine Embassy in Malaysia, inaugurated the Sentro Rizal Kuala Lumpur recently.
WASHINGTON, United States — China is to send giant pandas to Washington's National Zoo, US First Lady Jill Biden and officials said Wednesday, in a surprise announcement signaling a new era of panda diplomacy between the superpowers.
