22 November 2016

News Story: PH to temporarily set aside sovereignty over Scarborough Shoal – Yasay

Perfecto Yasay
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Perfecto Yasay said Sunday, Manila, for its part, has pledged to temporarily set aside its conflicting territorial claims with Beijing over the resource-rich South China Sea.

“We also had made sure that any actions that would be taken by us will be precisely to just simply promote our interests; with the area of jurisdiction, territorial ownership and sovereignty will be set aside in the meantime until a solution is in sight in the future,” he said.

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