PH tells China: We’re already on right track in sea row

Manila on Wednesday insisted that its move to bring its complaint against China to international arbitration is already the “proper way” to settle the territorial dispute over the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea).

Commenting on a Chinese Foreign Ministry statement enjoining Manila to “come back to the right track” to address the dispute through bilateral talks, Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said the Philippines believes that arbitration is the proper way to resolve the issue.