Former president Fidel V. Ramos on Saturday announced that they will report first to President Rodrigo R. Duterte before planning to go to Beijing, China for official talks.
Ramos, the country’s Special Envoy to China, has been tasked to initiate talks with the Chinese after the UN Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled that China’s claims to the South China Sea have no basis in international law.
“Good question, we are here to report first to our appointing authority, which is President Duterte, but he is in Mindanao right now and may not be back right away. So we reported to two secretaries concerned, National Security Adviser, Vice Admiral (Vicente) Agdamag and the Department of Foreign Affairs represented by Ambassador Lea Rodriguez,” Ramos said.
He further said that they have done the official protocol reports.
“But as soon as they are back in Manila, we will report to the President personally and then he will tell us what is the next step,” he added.
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