SANTIAGO SAYS ISSUE SHOULD BE RAISED WITH CHINA
RP, HK relations cracked due to ‘insulting’ letter
By Angie M. Rosales
09/13/2010
Diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Hong Kong have cracked and should be brought up with Chinese President Hu Jintao as a result of an insulting letter sent by a Hong Kong government official to President Aquino in the aftermath of the bloody outcome of the Rizal Park hostage crisis, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago said yesterday.
Santiago, former chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, said the reported move by an official of China’s special administrative region is a breach of international protocols.
“The relationship of RP with the director of Hong Kong (Chief Executive Donald Tsang) is cracked. That should be brought up with the head of China,” she said in an interview with dzBB.
“If the President himself already said that he received an insulting letter, I have to take his word for it. We have to because he’s the President of the Philippines,” she said.
“If you’re getting insults, the issue will not be resolved by peaceful settlement,” she added.
“Under international laws, when you insult a head of state or a president, it’s almost the same as insulting the people of that country,” she said.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100913hed1.html
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