Xi lauds development of healthy Philippine ties

Ongoing high-level communication is key to stable relations, he tells Duterte

China and the Philippines should enhance high-level communications on key issues to guide the healthy and stable development of bilateral ties, President Xi Jinping said on Monday.

Xi made the remark in a meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, who attended the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing on Sunday and Monday.