Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay gives a brief statement regarding the issuance of the award by the arbitral tribunal constituted by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) during a press conference at the Department of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Pasay city, metro Manila, Philippines July 12, 2016. - REUTERS
MANILA: The Philippines welcomes a ruling by a UN-backed tribunal on Tuesday that declares China has no “historic rights” in the South China Sea, Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay said, as he urged restraint.
“The Philippines welcomes the issuance today... on the arbitration proceedings initiated by the Philippines with regard to the South China Sea,” Yasay told reporters minutes after the court in The Hague released its verdict.
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