Deputy foreign ministers from China and the Philippines held a tense phone call on Monday, Beijing said, after Manila summoned a Chinese envoy over “aggressive actions” by the China Coast Guard in the contested South China Sea.
“Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong held a phone call with Philippine deputy foreign secretary Lazaro, and made stern representations on issues including the Philippines’ transportation of supplies to the illegally “beached” military ship on Ren’ai Reef,” China’s foreign ministry said in a statement, using the Chinese name for Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands.
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