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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said heās āhorrifiedā to learn of an agreement between his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, and China that bars Manila from shipping construction materials to a military outpost in a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.
āIf that agreement says we need to seek permission from another country to be able to do something within our own territory, it would probably be difficult to honor that agreement,ā Marcos told reporters on Wednesday. āI am horrified by the idea that we have compromised through a secret agreement the territory, the sovereignty and the sovereign rights of the Philippines,ā he added.
Duterteās former spokesperson, Harry Roque, has said the Philippines entered into aĀ āgentlemanās agreementāĀ with China during Duterteās term that restricts Manila from sending repair materials to a World War-II era ship thatās been serving as the nationāsĀ outpostĀ in the Second Thomas Shoal for about a quarter of a century.
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