Communications Secretary Martin M. Andanar clarified an earlier statement by Foreign Secretary Perfecto R. Yasay Jr. on sharing resources in West Philippine Sea as reported by an international news agency.
“To that question, we will have to wait for the final decision of the UN Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. And then, once they have decided, what we will do is to study the decision. After the solicitor general has studied the decision, then that’s the time that we shall explore our next move,” Andanar said in an interview over state-owned Radyo ng Bayan.
Yasay over the weekend said the Philippines was willing to share with China fishing grounds off Scarborough Shoal and to explore, jointly, marine resources in the West Philippine Sea even if Manila wins its case in The Hague.
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