The decision of newly appointed Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to skip the Philippines in his Southeast Asian tour is his prerogative.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said that his department has not given a “second thought” to China’s apparent snubbing of the Philippines.

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