US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday he supported the resumption of bilateral talks between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea, following a ruling against Beijing over the dispute earlier this month. China did not participate in ans has refused to accept the July 12 ruling by the U.N. backed Permanent Court of Arbitration, in which Manila won an emphatic legal victory. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi had asked Kerry to lend his support for talks to restart between Manila and Beijing in Laos capital of Vientiane on Monday.

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