MANILA — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Thursday he disagreed with what China had defined as its sovereign territory in the South China Sea, weighing in on his country’s protest over Beijing’s drawing of baselines at a disputed shoal.
“Our position remains the same,” Marcos said, a day after the Philippines’ summoned China’s ambassador to protest over what Beijing declared were its territorial waters.
— Reporting by Manila bureau; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by John Mair
