MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino urged fellow South-East Asian leaders to face up to the threat posed by China’s contentious claims to most of the South China Sea as they headed to a regional summit.
Manila filed a case at a UN tribunal in March challenging Chinese claims to most of the strategic sea. Aquino said he would discuss the case’s regional implications with fellow Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) leaders meeting in Myanmar.
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