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President Ferdinand Marcos said the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea is a world issue, rebuffing a Chinese general who raised concerns over the actions of the Philippines that the military official claimed ran counter to regional efforts to keep the area peaceful and stable.
“The freedom of navigation in the South China Sea is a world issue. We must include all parties in this discussion because now. It is not just ASEAN member states who are stakeholders – it is the entire world that has become stakeholders in the peace and stability of our region,” he added. “I cannot imagine what you must be referring to – if the reference or the allusion is to the Philippines somehow tearing apart what we have agreed on in terms of ASEAN Centrality – quite the contrary,” the President said.
In his keynote speech, Mr.
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