April 8, 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping held a phone conversation with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday and stressed China is willing to work with the Philippines and countries in the region to firmly uphold regional security in our own hands and jointly maintain hard-fought peace and stability. 

Analysts said that the conversation between the two leaders, which came on the last day of the   US-Philippine military drill, sends a positive signal that the bilateral relations were not disturbed by the US. 

President Xi said that in the past six years, the two countries have persisted in promoting good-neighborly friendship and cooperation, properly handling differences, working together for common development, and getting rid of interference in bilateral ties.

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