AFP to Sara Duterte: Defending WPS is not picking fight with China
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MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday said defending the country’s rights in the West Philippine Sea did not amount to picking a fight with China, following Vice President Sara Duterte’s call for the government to avoid confrontation with Beijing. AFP spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea Rear Adm. Roy
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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 h· you’re reading thisAFP 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 dTeodoro 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.
43m ago[Claude] Both reports cover the same AFP response to Sara Duterte's call against picking fights with China, and neither contradicts Report 1's facts.
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