October 20, 2016

"Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said that as a guest of China, he will not raise the South China Sea arbitral ruling and will instead wait for his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to mention it when they meet today.

Mr Duterte, who arrived here on Tuesday night on a four-day state visit accompanied by a 200-strong business delegation, stressed that this was not the "time to quarrel" and that the South China Sea issue will take a back seat for now."

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