PH refuses to pursue talks with China China says it is open to talks with the Philippines but not on the basis of the ruling on the West Philippines Sea The informal talk between foreign affairs chief Perfecto Yasay Jr and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi happened during the Asia-Europe summit in Mongolia last weekend The Philippines has refused to pursue talks with China after its officials said they will not use the ruling on West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) as basis during the planned dialogues. “They asked us to open ourselves for bilateral negotiations but outside of and in disregard of the arbitral ruling. This is something that I told him was not consistent with our Constitution and our national interest,” Philippine Star quoted foreign affairs secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr’s statement on a television interview. Yasay said that he defended that the talks with China over Tuesday’s ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) should be the basis of the discussion on whether China will accommodate Filipino fishermen to have access in the contested Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal. Chinese coast guards have long prevented Filipino fishermen from entering the fishing grounds since the issue broke in 2012. “We [...]
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