(Manila Composite Electric), the Philippine national security adviser Arnold pointed out that any secret agreement reached by the former government of China and the Philippines on the South China Sea controversy is against national interests and is invalid. The current government will not acknowledge such an agreement.
Ano said in a statement on Saturday (April 20): "The current government has no knowledge of any secret or gentleman agreement. If the previous government has reached such agreements, the relevant agreement has also been invalidated."
Arnold also said: "We should not fall into the trap. This trap obviously aims to split the Philippines and weaken our determination to maintain sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction in the West Philippines."
China and the Philippines have conflicts many times in the South China Sea. Philippine President President Marco stated that the Philippines will take countermeasures against the Chinese maritime police aggression.China accused Manila accusing Manila out of the way without dragging away the warships of Renai Reef (the Philippines) in the beach (the Philippines).
However, Martakus denied that Manila had made such a commitment and said that he was shocked by the so -called gentleman agreement with the former President Duterte and China, and urged Duterte to clarify.Duterte responded last week that he reached an agreement with the Chinese official "handshake" to maintain the status quo of the controversial sea area.However, he denied the transfer of territory and only acknowledged that he would not repair the warships of Ayunjin Reef in the beach.
The situation in the South China Sea has attracted international attention. The Seventh Kingdom Group (G7) Foreign Minister issued a joint statement after the three -day meeting of Italy on Friday (19th), condemning China to continue to launch "militaryization, coercion, coercion in the South China Sea"And intimidation activities" also pointed out that Beijing's proposition to the South China Sea has no legal basis.
Statement said that G7 solemnly concerned about the situation in the South China Sea and "strongly opposed any behavior that tried to change the status quo by force or coercion."
