Carpio: MoU between PH, China may resolve sea row

Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Friday expressed his support for a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on oil exploration between the Philippines and China, saying it may finally resolve a stalemate in the disputed South China Sea (West Philippine Sea).

Carpio said the MoU signed by President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping during the latter’s state visit in November was laudable as it was the Philippine draft, not China’s, that was adopted.