Philippine president puts aside South China Sea issue during China visit

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday evening that he will set aside the South China Sea issue during his state visit to China and focus more on common interests.Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine President "China has the historical right. And we are insisting and you are insisting. So in this situation, do we argue or do we just talk? I would say let us put it to some other day. There will come a time we will have to talk about it. But this is the time to prepare for the good doing and then maybe the agenda of how to go about doing it."He said that after reflecting on Philippine foreign policies, he hopes to make more friends with other countries, rather than enemies. According to the schedule for his state visit, Duterte will attend the Philippine-China Trade and Investment summit, visit Chinese companies, and meet with Chinese business representatives in the following two days.