Philippine Ambassador to China Erlinda Basilio was called home by Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario for “consultations” amid the slew of controversies involving the Philippines and China.

Raul Hernandez, Foreign Affairs spokesman, said Basilio will return to Beijing “in the next few days.”

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