Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. said he pushed for mention and inclusion of the landmark arbitral tribunal decision in the joint communiqué of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Foreign Ministers meet held in Vientienne, but members already facing deepening row on sea disputes agreed on a middle ground that deleted portion on the arbitral decision that scrapped China’s nine dash claim.
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