China demanded from the Philippines to continue to work together through speech and conversation.
Both of them agreed to improve communication and foster speech, but they also called each other out over new hostilities.
The Philippines, a supporter of the US, expressed grave worry about how the coast guard operates, and how persistently it is stationed in Manila’s exclusive economic area.
China, for its piece, said it lodged concerns over new “maritime breaches and threats” and for “hyping up” coastal problems.
China’s wide geographical says in the essential maritime trade way overlap with the EEZs of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam.
A 2016 decision of an international arbitration court said Beijing’s claims, based on its traditional maps, have no foundation under international law, a choice China does not accept.