Ex-Duterte official claims ‘gentleman’s agreement’ with China forged under Noynoy Aquino

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Among the provisions of the supposed secret deal is that Beijing promised not to harass Manila’s resupply missions to theMedialdea said the commitment to deliver only essential goods to marines posted at the, which serves as Manila’s military outpost in Ayungin Shoal, was made in 2013. He said then-defense secretary Voltaire Gazmin supposedly made the promise to then-Chinese ambassador Ma Keqing.

“I got that source from one of the officials before…. I cannot recall. It was an off-the-cuff query when the decision was about to come out,” Medialdea told House lawmakers. He admitted that he was not knowledgeable then about the situation in the West Philippine Sea. During his presidency, Duterte and Xi, whom he called his “close” friend, met multiple times. In stark contrast to his predecessor, Duterte steered the Philippines’ foreign policy towards China to the point that the latter said bilateral relations with the Philippines reached a “golden age.”

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