MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s recognition of the 1898 Treaty of Paris and the 1900 Treaty of Washington as the basis for defining Philippine sovereignty reinforces the country’s territorial claims amid international disputes, specifically in the West Philippine Sea, said former Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Monday.

Carpio was referring to Marcos’ keynote address at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)’s Shangri-la Dialogue, Asia’s premiere defense summit, in Singapore.

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