China has recently requested that South Korea stop providing weapons systems to the Philippines due to Beijing's territorial dispute with Manila in the South China Sea, according to a South Korean government source cited by Seoul-based newspaper Weekly Dong-A.
The source said senior officials from the Chinese embassy and its military attache's office visited the South Korean foreign and defense ministries between June 10 and June 11. They were concerned about a deal made between South Korean defense minister Kim Kwan-jin and his Philippine counterpart Voltaire Gazmin on May 30, under which Seoul will give one multirole landing craft and 16 high-speed boats to Manila, according to the source.
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