MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): China is ready to revive negotiations on joint oil exploration with “the new Philippine government,” as it maintained that this was still the “right way” for both countries to manage their maritime differences in the West Philippine Sea.
“China stands ready to work in concert with the new Philippine government to advance negotiations on joint development and strive to take early substantive steps so as to deliver tangible benefits to both countries and peoples,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin (pic) said in a press briefing in Beijing on Friday (June 24).
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