May 16, 2017 12:23 PM

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Philippines President Duterte open to South China Sea deals

Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte today said, he is open to exploring the South China Sea's natural resources with rival claimants China and Vietnam. <br/><br/>Speaking to reporters in Davos after returning from Beijing, Duterte said the deal would have to be fair and balanced. <br/><br/>He said, he had no immediate plans to pressure China over an international tribunal's ruling last year that its sweeping claims to most of the sea were unlawful. <br/><br/>However, Duterte made no mention of Malaysia and Brunei, the two other Southeast Asian nations that also have claims to the sea.

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