The Philippines will “continue to engage in very serious conversations” with China over recent developments in the West Philippine Sea and South China Sea, a foreign affairs executive said yesterday. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ernesto Abella gave the assurance after his boss Alan Peter Cayetano announced the filing of a diplomatic protest against Beijing’s installation of a missile system in the Spratly Islands.

Mendez, C. (2018, June 02). Phl, China to continue 'serious' talks. Philippine Star, p. 4.