China rejected a Philippine government appeal for compliance with an international ruling that invalidated Beijing’s mythical nine-dash line claim to the entire South China Sea in an act akin to a slap on the face of Manila. | FMangosingINQ
Locsin said the ruling had “conclusively settled the issue of historic rights and maritime entitlements in the South China Sea.”
But the embassy said China does not accept or participate in the arbitration, nor does it accept or recognize the so-called award. It has refused to acknowledge the 2016 ruling of the UN-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, which invalidated its claim and declared it had violated the Philippines’ sovereign right to fish and explore resources in the West Philippine Sea, waters within the country’s 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea.
During his fifth visit to China last year as President, Duterte brought up the South China Sea ruling with his counterpart Xi Jinping but was told that Beijing would not budge from its position.The Chinese embassy said that “China and the Philippines have already reached consensus on properly handling the so-called arbitration case, which has laid down solid ground for the turning-around of bilateral relations.
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