PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he would not raise a 2016 international tribunal ruling that shot down China’s expansive claims on South China Sea, as the Philippines hosts regional leaders this week.

In a news conference in Malacañang, Duterte stressed that Manila’s arbitration victory against China was a non-issue at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit.

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