MANILA and Beijing have reached a “friendly” understanding allowing Filipinos to fish around a disputed shoal seized by Beijing in 2012, a senior aide to President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday.

The understanding was reached during Duterte’s recent meeting in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping, said National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon.

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