Teodoro on Sara Duterte's call: PH not picking fights with China but standing its ground in WPS
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The Philippines is not picking fights with China but is standing its ground in defending its rights in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said.
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- Nov 9, 1:38 PM UTCFirst reportSara Duterte: Gov't officials should not pick fights with other countriesgmanetwork.com ↗
- Nov 10, 6:05 AM UTC+16 hAFP on Sara Duterte's call: PH government not picking fights with Chinagmanetwork.com (again) ↗
- Nov 10, 7:29 AM UTC+18 hAFP to Sara Duterte: Defending WPS is not picking fight with Chinainquirer.net ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 10, 7:29 AM UTC · +18 h
- Nov 10, 10:14 PM UTC+33 hAFP to VP: Defending PH rights isn’t ‘picking a fight with China’inquirer.net (again) ↗
- Nov 12, 3:28 AM UTC+3 d· you’re reading thisTeodoro on Sara Duterte's call: PH not picking fights with China but standing its ground in WPSgmanetwork.com (again) ↗
[Claude] Report 2 covers the same response to Sara Duterte's call on the WPS, with the AFP making the same point Teodoro made, and the two do not conflict on any facts.
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