Philippines Foreign Secretary rejects Chinese claim of external influence on maritime actions

Manila [Philippines], March 10 (ANI): Philippines Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo has dismissed Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s claim that the country’s maritime actions are influenced by external forces, calling it a ‘distortion’ of the real issue.
Manalo emphasised that the matter concerns the Philippines’ national interests rather than being part of a strategic rivalry among major global powers, as report
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