VIENTIANE, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday urged an end to the political manipulation and sensationalization of the South China Sea issue.
Wang made the call at a press briefing following his meeting with the foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries in the Lao capital.
Wang said the so-called award rendered recently by an ad hoc tribunal handling the South China Sea arbitration is tantamount to filling a wrong prescription for the South China Sea disputes.
The South China Sea arbitration was unilaterally initiated by the former Philippine government.
The ad hoc tribunal issued an award on July 12, sweepingly siding with Manila's cunningly packaged claims. China has dismissed the biased ruling as "null and void with no binding force."
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