Philippines to back China’s candidate for the World Court

Reuters

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MANILA: The Philippines’ foreign minister ordered the country’s mission to the United Nations on Sunday to vote for China’s candidate to fill one of the five seats at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that will become vacant next year.
“You are instructed to cast the Philippine vote for the Chinese candidate to the international court of justice. That is your only clear instruction,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin said on Twitter without elaborating.