'A tragedy': Duterte squandering Philippines' huge sea row victory vs China - ex-envoy

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MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte is squandering the country's landmark victory against China in the West Philippine Sea, a former ambassador to the United States said Monday.

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Former Philippine ambassador to the US Jose Cuisia Jr. said the President's statement that the arbitration victory is just a piece of paper is undermining the country's claim to the resource-rich waters.

Cuisia also maintained it was the Chinese government who reneged on the deal to withdraw all ships on both sides from the Scarborough Shoal in 2012. "They did agree. We would not have proceeded if they didn't agree. So, clearly China breached the agreement." The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled in favor of the Philippines but Beijing has refused to honor its decision.

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