Malacañang rejected suggestions that the Philippines’ diplomatic stance in the South China Sea shows weakness, while also pushing back against China’s claim that Manila is acting as a “disruptor” in the region.
Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said this after Senator Erwin Tulfo said at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing that the Philippines was “allowing” itself to be bullied in the name of diplomacy, and that “diplomacy without deterrence is weakness.”
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