President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said he will talk with Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian following his advice to the Philippines regarding the China-Taiwan conflict.
"I will be talking to the Ambassador soon, I'm sure he will be very anxious to give his own interpretation of what he was trying to say," Marcos told reporters in an interview on the sidelines of the launching of Kadiwa program in Bulacan.
He said they were surprised by what the Chinese envoy said.
But according to the President, there may be an "element of lost in translation" in the statement of Huang Xilian.
"It's not just his English is his for the language but I'm very interested to know what it is he meant. I believe, I interpreted it as him trying to say that you should not, Philippines, try to provoke or intensify the tensions because it impact badly on the Filipinos. That's how I take it," he added.
The Chinese envoy earlier advised the country to oppose Taiwan's independence and avoid stoking the fire by offering the United States access to military bases near the Taiwan Strait if it had a concern about the 150,000 Filipino workers employed in Taiwan.
However, Chinese Embassy in Manila immediately clarified that Huang Xilian's statement has been misquoted and misinterpreted.
