President Benigno Aquino 3rd will not assume a confrontational stand against China during this year’s Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in the Philippines.

In a live interview over state-run PTV 4 on Tuesday, Aquino doused speculations that he will take advantage of the APEC meetings in the country to advance the country’s stand on the row with Beijing over contested islands and shoals in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).

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