China is urging Philippine government to put aside upcoming arbitration ruling expected next week, China’s main government-run English newspaper said on Monday.
The newspaper did not name its sources but said “China will not resume negotiations with the Philippines about disputes in the South China Sea if the discussions are based on the ruling of an arbitral tribunal in The Hague.”
“Manila must put aside the result of the arbitration in a substantive approach,” the sources said.
According to the report, “many observers have voiced hopes that the chilly relations between Beijing and Manila will end after Rodrigo Duterte took office as the 16th Philippine president on Thursday.”
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