STOP RECLAMATION Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr., AFP chief of staff, calls on China to stop the massive reclamation activities at the disputed islets and reefs in the West Philippine Sea. BULLIT MARQUEZ/AP.
MANILA: Philippines–President Aquino will raise China’s land reclamation in the South China Sea with other leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) when they meet in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, next week.
“Definitely, the reclamation issue will be the main topic that the President will raise,” Foreign Assistant Secretary Luis Cruz said in a press briefing in Malacañang on Monday.
