The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Netherlands has decided to hold a second round of arguments on jurisdiction and admissibility of Manila’s complaint against Beijing over its claim over the West Philippine (South China) Sea.

Deputy presidential spokesman Abigail Valte, who is with the Philippine legal panel in The Hague, said the lawyers are ready to field clarificatory questions from the five-member arbitral tribunal on Monday, July 13.

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