Xi: Talks on pact to avoid sea clashes could end in 3 years
November 21, 2018
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday negotiations between Beijing and Southeast Asian nations on a nonaggression pact to prevent clashes in the disputed South China Sea could be concluded in three years and promised that any differences will be dealt with peacefully.
Xi made the assurances after holding talks with President Rodrigo Duterte and other officials on a visit to the Philippines aimed at deepening relations with the American treaty ally.
Xi's overnight visit to the Philippine capital, Manila, was his last stop on a three-nation swing through Asia, wher...
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