MANILA, Philippines -- President Rodrigo Duterte described the continued Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea as "irritants," including the swarming of Chinese maritime militia in the Philippine-occupied Pag-asa Island. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte mentioned this to Chinese President Xi Jinping during their bilateral meeting in Beijing on April 25. "The President said there have been irritants because of that ruling," Panelo said, referring to the United Nations-backed arbitral tribunal in The Hague, which invalidated Beijing's sweeping claims to almost all of the South China Sea but China chose to ignore. He said Duterte mentioned that "there ...
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