President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said he was hoping to discuss issues in the West Philippine Sea with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Cambodia.
According to GMA Integrated News' Mariz Umali, Marcos made the remark in an interview with reporters on the presidential flight en route to Phnom Phen, where he and several other leaders will attend the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summits and Related Summits.
"Hopefully, ‘yun ang magiging isang subject matter na pag-usapan namin. It’s impossible for me to talk to China without mentioning that,” Marcos said. “The code of conduct is medyo natutulog eh. It’s not really moving forward. Maybe we can do it using that, the code of conduct that is being proposed already,” Marcos said.
The Philippines is among the claimants of the territorial waters believed to be rich in oil and gas reserves. Other ASEAN countries staking claims are China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and Vietnam.
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