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MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Friday, May 31, that peace and stability in the South China Sea is a “world issue” amid rising tensions between claimant states, including superpower China.

“When we talk about the South China Sea, we have to also remember that the South China Sea is the passageway, the passageway for half of the world trade. And therefore, the peace and stability of the South China Sea and the freedom of navigation of the South China Sea is a world issue,” said Marcos, the first Philippine President to deliver the keynote address at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)’s Shangri-la Dialogue.

After a speech that focused on the importance of upholding international law, of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nati…

Source:https://www.rappler.com/philippines/marcos-tells-chinese-general-south-china-sea-peace-world-issue/