Manila says may sign agreements with Beijing to reduce tensions in South China Sea


MOSCOW: The Philippines is considering the possibility of concluding new agreements with China to reduce tensions in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, Philippine Foreign Minister Enrique Manalo said.

"If there were to ever be such an agreement, it would have to be consistent with our position, that it doesn't affect our sovereign rights, our sovereignty … So certainly, there's a possibility," Manalo said in an interview with the Nikkei Asia news portal on Monday.

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