China ‘not threatening war’ vs PH; ‘we’re almost there’ — Locsin

MANILA, Philippines --- China is not threatening war against the Philippines; "we're almost there," Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said Tuesday. In a Twitter post, the foreign affairs chief said that the oil and gas deal between the two nations "spares either from conceding sovereign claims." https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/1188969670889488384?s=21 The country's top diplomat said this after a Twitter user claimed that China "is threatening war to prevent the Philippines [from] developing its own resources." The Twitter user was responding to Locsin's earlier post where he said China was the only one offering help to develop the Philippines' oil and gas...

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