Marcos: “I welcome any new lines of communication. If that is President PRRD [Duterte] then good. It’s not important to me who [is talking to China.]” READ:
“That’s why I welcome any new lines of communication. If that is President PRRD [Duterte] then good. It’s not important to me who [is talking to China],” he said. “I am sure he will be able to tell us what happened during their conversation and see how that affects us.
Under Marcos, relations between China and the Philippines have grown tense, with Manila pivoting back to its traditional ally, the United States. The senator said Duterte had been invited by the Friends of the Philippines Foundation, which built a school building in honor of the former President’s late mother, Soledad Duterte, but couldn’t attend its inauguration at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.“It was only now that he was finally able to accept the invitation. And since he’s already in China, he made a courtesy visit to his friend, President Xi,” Go told reporters in Bulacan province.
“[It] seems that China is displeased with the work of Duterte in convincing the Marcos administration to be cozy with China and instead went to the US to counter China’s aggressive behavior in the West Philippine Sea,” she said.
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