China has no right to “undermine” an international tribunal’s rejection of Beijing’s claim to sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, according to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.
“The award is now part of international law, beyond compromise and beyond the reach of passing governments to dispute, diminish, or abolish,” Duterte said during a virtual address to the United Nations General Assembly. “We firmly reject attempts to undermine it.”
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