PH-China ‘arrangement’ on resupply missions get support from foreign ministers

MANILA, Philippines – Foreign ministers laud the new rotation and resupply (RORE) deal aimed to deescalate tensions between the Philippines and China.

In a statement on Sunday, July 28, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Foreign Affairs chief Enrique Manalo gave counterparts a lowdown of the arrangement at the 14th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (EAS FMM) and 31st ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF).

This is the first time that the deal – forged a week ago on July 21 – was debuted in international forums.