Duterte to test why Philippine lost Scarborough Shoal
Approaching President Rodrigo Duterte said that he is not the sort to follow political adversaries, but rather said that he will ask Senator Antonio Trillanes IV how China could take control of Scarborough Shoal.
"Perhaps when I sit as President, I am not going to indict. I am not available really - following political foes. Be that as it may, I would be intrigued to know why we lost the Scarborough Shoal," Duterte said alluding to Trillanes and his backchannel transactions with China, which are all endorsed by President Benigno Aquino III.
Trillanes had demanded that the Philippines has not lost the questioned reef, privately called Panatag and Bajo de Masinloc.
Preceding his question and answer session on Monday, Duterte additionally told correspondents late Sunday night that on the off chance that he is going to have two-sided converses with China, he will demand that the Scarborough Shoal is a piece of Philippines' selective monetary zone (EEZ).
"You are possessing wrongfully our region. I am not requesting that you compel yourself to have faith in it since you won't in any case, yet I will converse with you under that suggestion. Amin iyan. Hindi iyan sa inyo," he said.
"Kung mag-usap tayo, that is fine. Pero that is my stand," he included.
On Monday, Chinese represetative Zhao Jianhua visited Duterte at the Clubhouse in Matina Enclaves.
After the meeting, the Chinese represetative told columnists that he is anticipating fortifying the two-sided relationship of the two countries under Duterte's organization.
Amid a telephone discussion on Tuesday night, Duterte let us know President Barack Obama that he is interested in have reciprocal converses with China if current endeavors to determine the debate fall flat.
The Philippines is expecting this year a choice on the arbitral body of evidence it recorded against China before the Netherlands-based Permanent Court of Arbitration.
The Philippines is testing the legitimacy of China's sprawling regional cases in the asset rich waters and looked to elucidate the regional qualifications of certain Chinese-possessed elements under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS).
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