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'THE CHINESE SIDE HAS REPEATEDLY BRIEFED THIS ADMINISTRATION ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT'
— iMPACT Leadership (@iMPACTPH2019) April 18, 2024
The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines says China has "repeatedly briefed" the Marcos admin on matters related to the "gentleman's agreement" and Ayungin Shoal issue. pic.twitter.com/gA07mCNmwh
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2/4 Status quo also meant the Chinese effectively keeping Filipino fishermen from fishing inside the resource-rich lagoon of the Scarborough Shoal (Bajo de Masinloc). But in a recent interview with Chinese state-run Media Global Times, he said China “ALLOWED” Filipino fishermen…
— Barnaby Lo 吳宗鴻 (@barnabychuck) April 13, 2024
4/4 Duterte said he wouldn’t call his deal with Xi Jinping to maintain the status quo in the South China Sea a “gentleman’s agreement” but that’s what the Chinese Embassy in Manila says it was. It also reiterated China’s claim that the Philippines had promised to tow away the BRP…
— Barnaby Lo 吳宗鴻 (@barnabychuck) April 13, 2024
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DUTERTE LEGACY
— iMPACT Leadership (@iMPACTPH2019) April 13, 2024
The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines says China and the Philippines reached a gentleman's agreement during the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte "to manage the [Ayungin Shoal] situation". pic.twitter.com/1za8IeMBmA
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President Marcos Jr. says no record of "gentleman's agreement" between Duterte & China over West Philippine Sea
— Kashish Parpiani (@kparpiani) April 10, 2024
"I am horrified by the idea that we have compromised through a secret agreement the territory, sovereignty & sovereign rights of Philippines" https://t.co/b0RDd2RQPw
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