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Anadolu Agency (24 July 2026)

China on Friday reiterated that the US is “not a party” to the South China Sea dispute after US President Donald Trump assured Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that he would raise Manila’s concerns with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Asked about Thursday’s phone call between Trump and Marcos, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said Beijing had “taken note of relevant reports.”

“The US is not a party to the South China Sea issue,” Lin told reporters in Beijing, according to Beijing-based state-run daily Global Times.

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