# Philippines defense chief calls out China after note interrupts Seoul forum remarks: 'Coercion, bullying'

https://mins.news/en/item/50200

- Fox News, 2026-09-08 18:18 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/philippines-defense-chief-calls-out-china-note-interrupts-remarks-seoul-forum-coercion-bullying

> Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro read aloud a note presented to him during remarks at the Seoul Defense Dialogue that rejected the South China Sea arbitration. He condemned the move as disrespectful to the forum and international law, calling it “coercion, bullying and aggression.”

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