Update: August, 03/2021 - 18:28 | China-ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting held virtually on Tuesday. VNA/VNS Photo Phạm Kiên HÀ NỘI Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn attended the ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held virtually on Tuesday, within the framework of the 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM-54), to discuss COVID-19, trade and the South China Sea dispute. Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said ASEAN always played an important role in China s periphery diplomacy, China had always supported ASEAN Community building efforts and ASEAN centrality and wished to elevate the strategic partnership on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the relationship this year.
China Foreign Minister and Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary during a meet in Manila (FILE)
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China urged the Philippines on Tuesday to observe basic etiquette and eschew megaphone diplomacy after the southeast Asian nation s foreign minister used an expletive-laced Twitter message to demand that China s vessels leave disputed waters.
The comments by Teodoro Locsin, known for occasional blunt remarks, follow Manila s protests over what it calls the illegal presence of hundreds of Chinese boats inside the Philippines 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
In a statement, China s foreign ministry urged the Philippines to respect the nation s sovereignty and jurisdiction and stop taking actions that complicate the situation.
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MANILA: The Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary yesterday demanded in an expletive-laced message on Twitter that China s vessels get out of the disputed South China Sea. China, my friend, how politely can I put it? Let me see… O… GET THE F OUT, Mr Teodoro Locsin said in a tweet on his personal account. What are you doing to our friendship? You. Not us. We re trying. You. You re like an ugly oaf forcing your attentions on a handsome guy who wants to be a friend…
Mr Locsin s comments come in the wake of Manila s protests against the illegal presence of hundreds of Chinese boats inside the Philippines 322km exclusive economic zone.
Antiwar.com Original Tensions are rising again between the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) over rival claims to small islands and their surrounding waters in the South China Sea. The latest incident began in late March when more than 200 Chinese fishing vessels arrived at Whitsun Reef, which Manila calls Juan Felipe Reef – a maritime structure that it insists lies located within the country’s 200-mile exclusive economic zone. The Chinese ships have continued to linger, supposedly because of rough seas caused by adverse weather conditions.
Philippines’ Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana scorned that explanation, noting that the weather had been fine throughout most of the period. He also challenged