DFA chief raises concerns over Taiwan in talks with China

The Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo has expressed his concern to Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang over escalating tensions in waters around Taiwan. | AFP

Qin described China and the Philippines as “close neighbors across the sea”.

He told a forum in Shanghai on Friday that recent rhetoric accusing China of disrupting peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait could have dangerous consequences. This was in response to a meeting between Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California.China and the Philippines are also locked in a bitter maritime dispute in the strategic South China Sea.

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