Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said Tuesday that the Philippines would push the U.S. call in the meetings this week, but would not agree to be bound by it unless China and other countries locked in the conflict also do so.
Despite China’s objections, the United States and the Philippines will call for a stop to island-building work, military deployments and other aggressive actions that raise tensions in the disputed South China Sea in an annual diplomatic meeting in Malaysia, officials said Tuesday. Details