President Benigno S. Aquino III confirmed that he is going to China despite the escalating spat over the Spratlys.
Aquino yesterday received a message from Chinese President Hu Jintao when he met Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin and Ambassador to Manila Liu Jianchao in Malacanang.
“They asked for a meeting. I understand there is a message from President Hu Jintao,” the President told Palace reporters after his visit to the Malampaya deepwater gas-to-power onshore gas plant in Tabangao, Batangas City.
Aquino said his state visit to China “is a go” but declined to give the exact date of his visit.
Palace sources said the President’s state visit to Beijing and side trips to the provinces of Shanghai and Xiamen will likely be from Aug 30 to Sept 4.
Aquino reiterated the Philippines will continue its plans of oil exploration on disputed waters, insisting on the country’s ownership over the contested areas. “Maski anong mapa ang gamitin niyo,” he said.
Aquino said if China and the Philippines cannot arrive at a consensus on the disputed territory in the South China Sea, which Manila now refers to as the West Philippine Sea, his administration will have no other recourse but to elevate the matter before the United Nations International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea.
Aquino yesterday received a message from Chinese President Hu Jintao when he met Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin and Ambassador to Manila Liu Jianchao in Malacanang.
“They asked for a meeting. I understand there is a message from President Hu Jintao,” the President told Palace reporters after his visit to the Malampaya deepwater gas-to-power onshore gas plant in Tabangao, Batangas City.
Aquino said his state visit to China “is a go” but declined to give the exact date of his visit.
Palace sources said the President’s state visit to Beijing and side trips to the provinces of Shanghai and Xiamen will likely be from Aug 30 to Sept 4.
Aquino reiterated the Philippines will continue its plans of oil exploration on disputed waters, insisting on the country’s ownership over the contested areas. “Maski anong mapa ang gamitin niyo,” he said.
Aquino said if China and the Philippines cannot arrive at a consensus on the disputed territory in the South China Sea, which Manila now refers to as the West Philippine Sea, his administration will have no other recourse but to elevate the matter before the United Nations International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea.
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