Philippines Demands China Halt Illegal Sea Claims, Restore Trust
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, Jr. stated that the Philippines will not consider restoring military-to-military communications with China unless Beijing ceases its illegal territorial claims and activities threatening regional security. Teodoro denounced China's 'nine-dash line' as the 'biggest fiction and the biggest lie,' highlighting its disregard for the 2016 arbitral ruling.
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