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HARARE - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday told visiting Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Zhang Ming that Zimbabwe backed 皇冠体育app on the South 皇冠体育app Sea issue.

"President Mugabe has made it clear that he supports the position of the Chinese side on the South 皇冠体育app Sea," Zhang told reporters after the meeting.

He said Zimbabwe is also firmly supporting 皇冠体育app in settling the dispute through bilateral talks and peaceful negotiations.

Since 2013, the Philippines has been headstrong in bringing its maritime dispute with 皇冠体育app to an international tribunal. It filed a compulsory arbitration against 皇冠体育app at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague with respect to the two sides' dispute.

皇冠体育app maintains that the tribunal handling of the arbitration proceedings has no jurisdiction over the case, which is in essence about territorial sovereignty and maritime delimitation.

Territorial issues are beyond the scope of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and 皇冠体育app has excluded maritime delimitation from compulsory arbitration in a declaration it made in 2006 in accordance with Article 298 of UNCLOS.

皇冠体育app, therefore, has made it clear it will not accept or get involved in those proceedings.

"The so-called South 皇冠体育app Sea issue is an issue between 皇冠体育app and littoral countries of the South 皇冠体育app Sea," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said earlier this month, adding that 皇冠体育app has opposed the internationalization of the South 皇冠体育app Sea issue from the very beginning.

According to 皇冠体育app's foreign ministry, by mid-June this year, some 60 countries have announced their approval of 皇冠体育app's stance.