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00:00 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday

00:06 on the sidelines of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, or APEC.

00:10 Marcos met with the Chinese leader, seeking ways to come up with measures to reduce tensions

00:16 in the South China Sea and restore Filipino fishermen's access to fishing grounds.

00:21 Marcos spoke to reporters on the sidelines of the APEC summit in San Francisco.

00:26 He said that the Philippines and China need to continue to communicate, with the meeting

00:31 a key part of the process to maintain peace and keep open sea lanes and airways over the

00:37 South China Sea.

00:39 Marcos did not elaborate much on the discussions.

00:42 He simply said that the two leaders tried to come up with mechanisms to lower the tensions

00:46 in the South China Sea.

00:48 He said that he voiced concern over incidents between Chinese and Philippine vessels, including

00:53 one collision.

00:54 He also raised the blight of Filipino fishermen.

00:58 Filipino fishermen have reportedly complained that Chinese Coast Guard and maritime militia

01:02 ships are preventing them from fishing in parts of the Philippines' 200-mile exclusive

01:08 economic zone.

01:09 Marcos said that he and Xi Jinping agreed that geopolitical problems should not be the

01:14 defining element of the two countries' relationship.

01:17 Since taking office in 2022, Marcos has pursued warmer ties with the United States, a treaty

01:23 ally, in contrast with the pro-Beijing stance of his predecessor.

01:28 Marcos granted the United States greater access to its military bases, including in provinces

01:33 facing the South China Sea, and democratically ruled Taiwan, drawing the ire of Beijing.

01:39 Tensions in the region, where China has built man-made islands with missiles and airstrips,

01:43 have increased this year.

01:45 China claims almost the entire South China Sea, ignoring a 2016 ruling by the Permanent

01:51 Court of Arbitration that invalidated Beijing's expansive claim.

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