Title:

 Chinese official reaffirms Phl-China ties with Rody

Author:

Christina Mendez

Source:

The Philippine Star

Date:

January 19, 2017 

Description:

MANILA, Philippines - Chinese Foreign Vice Minister Liu Zhenmin’s visit to President Duterte at Malacañang last Tuesday was merely to reaffirm bilateral commitments, presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said yesterday. Abella said the note verbale issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs against the presence of China’s weapons systems in the disputed South China Sea did not crop up during the visit of the top Chinese official.