Chinese envoy reports 'constructive' meeting with Marcos

MANILA, Philippines—Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Jing Quan on Tuesday said his meeting with President Ferdinand R.Marcos Jr. was “constructive” in the wake of the latest incident between the Chinese Coast Guard on the Philippine Navy at Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal. Jing noted that both parties agreed to keep parts of the sudden meeting in Malacañang confidential as it was a “private discussion that few people attended.” “But I would say this meeting was very constructive. It’s not a kind of diplomatic protest, [or] a demarche… pointing fingers to each other or, an exchange of very strong words against each […]...

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