Philippines Denies ‘New Model’ in Dealing with China on Sea Row
Two senior Philippine officials on Sunday denied a claim by China that Manila had agreed on a “new model” in handling their territorial dispute in the South China Sea.
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano issued separate statements, with Teodoro branding the claim “devious machination” and Ano calling it “absolutely absurd, ludicrous, and preposterous.”