July 17, 2023

China is ready to work with the Philippines to promote the sound and steady growth of China-Philippines relations, Chinese President Xi Jinping said during a meeting with former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.

Xi noted that Duterte decided to improve relations with China during his presidency so that China-Philippines relations returned to the right track and flourished, making an important contribution to the friendly exchanges between the two countries.

China and the Philippines are both developing countries in Asia, and the development of the two countries is rooted in the environment of good neighborliness and friendship and the Asian family of win-win cooperation, he said. 

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