Headline
DFA defends conferment of diplomatic merit to Zhao
FILE: Foreign Affairs Secretary @teddyboylocsin led the Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFA) celebrations of the 52nd anniversary of ASEAN on 5 August 2019 at the DFA. (Photo: @DFAPHL/Twitter)
MANILA— Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Friday defended the awarding of the Order of Sikatuna to outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Manila Zhao Jianhua, adding he was the one who proposed the conferment.
The clarification came as retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio questioned the move amid Manila’s territorial dispute with Beijing in the West Philippine Sea.
“That was my strong and insistent proposal and I wouldn’t take no for an answer. The Palace protocol gave in and told him,” Locsin said on his official Twitter account.
buy nolvadex online https://madisonmedicalcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/jpg/nolvadex.html no prescription pharmacy
“Zhao and I have had great intellectual duels. Honor your foe honor yourself. I disdain sissies. We fight fiercely rationally for our countries,” he added.
President Rodrigo Duterte conferred the Order of Sikatuna with the Rank of Datu on Zhao during his farewell call at the Malacañang Palace on October 28.
During that meeting, President Duterte thanked Zhao for his role in improving the ties between China and the Philippines.
buy periactin online https://madisonmedicalcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/jpg/periactin.html no prescription pharmacy
“President Duterte, whose independent foreign policy, drove the Philippines closer to the Asian economic giant, wished Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua good luck in his next assignment as China’s ambassador,” Malacañang said in a recent statement.
Continue Reading
