Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez said the Philippines had sought a meeting with Chinese officials to lower tensions, not resolve territorial claims, and hoped it would occur “maybe early next month”.
Romualdez said that if the Philippines was not able to resupply its troops, it would amount to “killing our soldiers” through starvation and thirst.
“I don’t think China wants to have a major conflict. And definitely we do not want to have one. And so, that’s a good starting point,” he said.
China claims almost the entire South China Sea, including parts claimed by the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei.
An international tribunal dismissed China’s expansive claims in 2016, a ruling that Beijing rejects.
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