President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he may call on China to help secure “high seas” in Southeast Asia from pirates and terrorists.

In his speech before leaving for India, Duterte said he might call on China to help guard the Sulu and Celebes Seas, a haven for kidnap-for-ransom terrorists who usually board ships and kidnap dozens of crewmen.

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