Four years after the Philippines won the arbitration case over the disputed South China Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. called on China to adhere to the ruling, saying the arbitration award is “non-negotiable.”
The Philippines, he said Sunday, reaffirms"its adherence to the award and its enforcement without any possibility of compromise or change.”
The DFA chief said the 2016 ruling “clearly marks out who would be in the wrong to insist on claims contrary to [the] award.” He added that the Hague pronouncement is a victory not only for the country, but for the “entire community of consistently law-abiding nations.”Philippines warns China of ‘severest response’ if military drills reach PH territorial waters
“In the remaining years of his term, we believe that our president still has the opportunity to fulfill his promise to the Filipino people to raise the Award: this time, not before the Chinese President, but before the world,” del Rosario said Sunday.
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