President of the Philippines: I would like to restart negotiations with China Oil and Gas Development

Following the Filipino Foreign Minister Manaro recently stated that the Philippines was willing to restore the cooperation with Chinese ones with Chinese side, and the Philippine President Marcos, who is participating in the 77th UN General Assembly in New York, USA, mentioned in an interview with Bloomberg again that he is willing to restart the South China Sea with China in China. Joint oil and gas development negotiations.

According to Bloomberg reported on the 25th, Philippine President Marcos said that the Philippines intends to restart the negotiations with China in joint exploration of oil and natural gas in the South China Sea to diversify its own energy sources. But he also emphasized that any agreement "must not violate the Philippine law." He said that although the Philippines and China could not reach consensus on which country laws to jointly develop oil and gas, "we will continue to explore, and there may be other ways to reach an agreement." Marcos said that in the case of differences in the exclusive economic zone and the territorial sea base line, there has been a precedent for joint mining in the region. Marcos said that the exploration of oil and gas in the South China Sea can meet the "temporary" fuel needs of the Philippines.

In addition, Marcos also promised to strengthen Philippine and China relations in an interview and emphasized that this relationship is beneficial to both countries. He described that China was the "most powerful partner" of the Philippines during the economic recovery during the epidemic.

After the President of the Philippines in June this year, Marcos' attitude on the South China Sea issue has aroused many attention. He has repeatedly stated that he will continue the policy of former President Duterte, resolutely safeguard the interests of the Philippines on the South China Sea issue, and temporarily put on the controversy in exchange for opportunities for peaceful situations and cooperation with China. In July of this year, Marcos met with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who was invited to visit the Philippines in Manila that the South China Sea issue was not the mainstream of the Philippines and China relations, and should not be restricted and hindered the cooperation between the two parties. The Philippines is willing to communicate frankly with China to find friendly solutions. Wang Yi emphasized that Philippine and China cooperation far surpasses sea differences at sea, cannot let specific differences define relations between the two countries, and cannot let individual disputes interfere with cooperation between the two countries.

In June of this year, there is news that the Philippines said that it has terminated cooperation with China's South China Sea Energy. A spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded at the time that China -Philippine's joint development of maritime oil and gas was the right path of maritime differences and mutual benefit and win -win results on the premise of not affecting their respective claims of the sea.

On August 31st this year, the Philippine Foreign Minister Manaro revealed in an inquiry of Parliament that the Philippines was willing to restart negotiations with China ’s South China Sea Petroleum and Natural Gas Exploration. He had told Chinese officials that the Philippines had an open attitude towards energy exploration and negotiations. ▲

Bai Linlin, a special reporter in the Philippines in the Philippines, special reporter Zhen Xiang

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