Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay said China has warned of confrontation if Manila insist access for Filipino fishermen in Scarborough Shoal.
Speaking with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during the Asia-Europe Summit in Mongolia, Yasay said Yi had proposed bilateral talks but only on issues “outside, or [in] disregard of, the arbitral ruling,” which he declined because it was not in the Philippines’ national interests.
“They said if you will insist on the ruling, discussing it along those lines, then we might be headed for a confrontation,” Yasay said during an interview with the news channel of broadcaster ABS-CBN.
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