MANILA, Philippines — National Maritime Council (NMC) chief Alexander Lopez does not see the need to repeatedly rebut the several claims of Beijing’s embassy in Manila. Chinese Embassy Deputy Spokesperson Guo Wei accused the country of using Filipino fisherfolk to spark tensions, questioning its term “maritime zones”, among other claims. “We will not answer that point by point because we have previously answered that, so no need to come with those rebuttals anymore,” Lopez said in a public briefing.  “We want to come up with a higher ground, we discuss issues and we do not discuss personalities,” he added. ‘Staging […]... Keep on reading: West PH Sea body rejects Chinese Embassy’s 'false, misleading’ claims