China has not expressed any opposition to President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to raise the ruling of an arbitral tribunal recognizing the country’s sovereignty in the West Philippine (South China) Sea in his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

Duterte had revealed that there were people trying to prevent him from discussing the ruling with Xi.

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