US understands PH's 'sensitive' stance on ICC – Palace

MANILA, Philippines — The United States understands if the Philippines does not heed Washington’s call to withdraw its support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), citing the sensitivity of the issue, according to Malacañang. Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said Thursday that while the ICC was not discussed during US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s courtesy call on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Malacañang on July 22, the matter was raised by Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez on the sidelines of the meeting. According to Castro, Romualdez conveyed to the US Department of State that matters involving the […]...

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