Title:

 Philippines eyes talks with China sans preconditions

Author:

Jose Katigbak

Source:

The Philippine Star

Date:

September 18, 2016

Description:

WASHINGTON – The Philippines is quietly making arrangements through diplomatic channels for bilateral talks with China without any preconditions to discuss their competing claims in the South China Sea and West Philippine Sea, Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay said. “The important thing is that we talk,” he told Filipino community members at a meeting in the Philippine embassy in Washington on Friday.