A senior Chinese diplomat repeated on Friday that China would neither participate in nor accept a case at an arbitration court in the Netherlands over the disputed South China Sea.
China repeats will not accept arbitration case
The court in the Hague ruled on Thursday it has jurisdiction to hear some territorial claims the Philippines has filed against China over disputed areas in the South China Sea.
China repeats will not accept South China Sea arbitration case
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Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin told reporters that the case will not affect China's sovereign claims in the seas.
The court in the Hague ruled on Thursday it has jurisdiction to hear some territorial claims the Philippines has filed against China over disputed areas in the South China Sea.
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