(Manila Comprehensive) The Presidential Palace of the Philippines announced that former Foreign Minister Luo Qin will be commissioned as a special envoy of Chinese affairs.

Philippine and China Relations has become tense due to controversy in the South China Islands.Earlier this month, several Philippine Senators also proposed that the government appointed the former President of the Philippines Duterte was a special envoy to help the two countries rebuild relations, but the Presidential Palace finally appointed Luo Qin.

Luo Qin was the foreign minister of Duterte during his administration. During his tenure, he had a strong attitude towards China and had severely criticized China many times.

The Philippine Presidential Communication Office announced on Facebook on Wednesday (August 16) that Luo Qin will be "a special envoy of the President's Special Mission to China", but no other details are provided.The Philippine Ministry of Foreign Affairs refused to comment on this sudden appointment.

Minister of Philippine Galafill told the media on Wednesday that Luo Qin will "have multiple jobs."This means that Luoqin will continue to retain the current identity of the ambassador to the UK and Ireland.

During the dispute, Luo Qin tweeted on May 3 of the same year.".However, The next day , Wang Yi and China, China and ChinaAmbassador Huang Xilian apologized.

There are similar disputes .The Philippines stated that the Chinese Maritime Police Ship intercepted the Philippine Coast Guard ship and supplies of the Philippine Coast Guard and fired a water cannon on the Philippine Coast Guard, which caused one of the supply vessels to reach the shallow beach.discharge.