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Duterte's administration has "no secret agreement with China," Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano insisted Tuesday in response to comments from former president Benigno Aquino III and Vice President Leni Robredo
. The Duterte administration would be more transparent in its relations with China, which Robredo echoed.
"Walang ganoon In fact, if you take a look at the mechanism of yung mga, the anti-China and pro-Aquino yung ibang approaches are still in the government," he said. said.
Cayetano said the government had even offered personalities such as Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio, who was part of the legal team that represented Manila in an arbitration court in his motion against China's nine-line claim in the South China Sea. Carpio talked about President Rodrigo Duterte's policy by setting aside the arbitration victory.
Cayetano believes that Aquino and Robredo have been misinformed by some groups on the issue of the South China Sea.
The DFA The chief said that it is the Aquino administration that has some explanations to make when it comes to the issue of the Philippine Sea.
"In fact, they were not transparent until now, what was the role of Senator (Antonio)? Trillanes? What was the text of Senator Trillanes, that said the text of President Aquino at Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Albert) Del Rosario? Who really ordered our ships to leave and make us lose Scarborough at that time? "Cayetano said:
Cayetano went to Singapore to attend the 51st ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and related meetings, where the ASEAN member countries and China Code of Conduct (COC) on the South China Sea
"It could happen n & # It does not matter when the end of the year or next year until we have a COC that will satisfy everyone, "he said.] Cayetano should hold several meetings Bilateral on the sidelines of ASEAN, including one with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. -JST, GMA News
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