Teodoro: China must drop baseless claims before military talks resume
MANILA, Philippines — China must abandon baseless maritime claims and demonstrate sincerity before direct military communications with the Philippines could resume, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said on Wednesday. “Firstly, they must prove sincerity,” Teodoro said in a Zoom interview with reporters. He said Beijing must retreat from assertions of sovereignty and jurisdiction over areas
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