US ENVOY AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO BACK RP
Noy rushes to US side over China Sea dispute
By Aytch S. de la Cruz 06/15/2011President Aquino ran to the side of the United States to seek succor amid an increasingly tense dispute with China over rival claims in the South China Sea.
“Perhaps the presence of our treaty partners, the United States of America, ensures that all of us will have freedom of navigation (and) will conform to international law,” Aquino said.
“Of course they (China) are a superpower, they have more than 10 times our population. We do not want any hostilities to break out,” Aquino told reporters when asked about recent Chinese actions in the disputed waters.
Aquino’s comments came after the US ambassador to the Philippines, Harry Thomas, said yesterday that the United States remained committed to helping its former colony in any dispute over the South China Sea..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110615hed1.html
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