
China's defense ministry has accused the Philippines of violating diplomatic protocols and creating obstacles to hinder Chinese participation in an upcoming ASEAN defense ministers' meeting.
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The Philippines and China have ongoing diplomatic and territorial tensions in the South China Sea.
China has accused the Philippines of setting up “numerous obstacles” to attending a meeting with defence ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and of violating “basic diplomatic protocols”.
“The Philippines has allowed certain politicians to act recklessly and abuse public power for personal agendas, erecting numerous obstacles to hinder China’s participation,” Senior Colonel Zhang Xiaogang, a spokesman for the defence ministry, said on Thursday.
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